Saturday, June 19, 2010

Day 16 - Oban to Fort William

Excitement. We have our laptop back:


Big thanks to Wayne Ward of Lancaster Computers for fixing it and posting it on, and to Mrs Stewart (Glenview Guesthouse) for fetching it from the Post Office in Oban!

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It rained from the start today but we didn’t mind – we're used to it now. That said, we were still glad to see this fantastic place loom out of the mist:


It's a cafe. It's a second-hand bookshop. The owner looks like Robin Williams. What's not to like? Anyway – I did the least sensible thing a supposedly weight-conscious cyclist can do, and bought a stack of hefty hardbacks. 'It's ok', I reasoned, 'I'll send these home when we get to Fort William...'.

Rain fell steadily through the afternoon. Witness the glamour of cycle-touring:




Rosie's back, also, was suffering badly again today. By the time we limped damply into Fort William, we were really ready to stop.

Luckily, the B+B owner was both a keen cyclist and a kind human being. Within minutes, our soaked clothes were in the washing machine and our water bottles in the dishwasher. He even stuffed our wet shoes with newspaper to dry them out...


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