On the Road Again!

The first part of this route (as taken off the TomTom and viewed in Tyre) is the A86. Superbly surfaced with grippy overlay on the bend. In the dry it must be superb. In the on-off wet it was still pretty good. It is clear from this view that the loop top the east to get to Balmaha was a lot longer than the west back of Loch Lomond route.

Part Three. The hotel for the night was at Balmaha on the south-eastern shore of Loch Lomond. The journey from Spean Bridge took us a lot longer than expected as we caught on the back of a tin box queue stacked up behind a red van that was unable to exceed 30mph. The 8 miles seemed interminable! We broke cover and went into the petrol station as we entered Fort William.  The rain that started at at Spean continued to lash down ad we set off southwards through the city heading for Glencoe. The first part of the trip is alongside Loch Linnhe. A pretty nice 8 miles! Then across the bridge across the neck of Loch Leven and into Glencoe. This is one of the most scenic places in the UK. In the dry and sunny it would be perfect, but even in the wet it is still fantastic. At least the rain managed to fuel the waterfalls. We had intended to stop for a coffee at the tea bar at the southern end but it was closed. In the end we ...