day 12 - where's nessy

Today was something of a revelation. The only day of the trip without any rain at all. Once again mark and chris set off a little early and marc and i had a lie in. We soon caught them up as a slow puncture which had been with mark for 2 days finally sped up and required fixing. Fort William provided a quick breakfast although i did have a little trouble with the owners local accent until i realised he was an aussie. The days cycling from here was beautiful along the lochs and made all the better by a little sun. We all had a laugh at the imaginatively named loch lochy. There was a nice path along the caledonian canal into Fort augustus for lunch which actually proved to be smoother than the road back out. We had little chance to look for nessy as the road is a little away from the edge of loch ness. Marc and i then had fun with the one way system in inverness trying to find the youth hostel which was on an industrial scale compared to some others recently. Mark and chris pushed on a little to find a campsite making another 100 mile day.