Day 3

Thank the lord for sunshine and a balmy 10 degrees celcius! Patrick does a fry up while Lucy and Paul get ready and try to make their muscles work. They set off at 8 am in the sunshine! Follow the coast of the cromarty firth past oil rigs and an enormous cruise ship. Just before the big bridge, there are seals basking on the rocks and playing in the shallows. They go through Dingwall, Conan Bridge , Muir of old and arrive at Beauly without too much to report. At 11 o'clock they hit the hill of all hill. 7 miles of constant climbing over the moors...... average speed 2 mph. At the top exhausted they go down the other side, as always much shorter but even steeper reaching speeds of 30mph! Arrive in Drumna drochit at 1pm and lunch. Ellis, Ewan and I have sarnies on the green and play footie while they lunch inside to warm up. We go to a fantastic exhibition about the loch ness monster.
Paul and Lucy cycle down south on the west side of loch ness and reach fort augustus at 4pm. They then carry on in mixed weather to Invergarry and Laggan where they arrive at the B and B at 5pm. Fantastic day. Well done Paul and Lucy. 62 miles.