This was one of the longest sections of my trip and it followed Natonaal Cycle Route 7. Much colder today and o ne brief rain storm. The cycle path has been resurfaced most of the way and plan tarmac made big differance to effort and battery consumption compared with the gravel on tarmac lanes beloved by local authorities. There was Gorseinon flower everywhere and what looked like lupins in amongst it. The route foowed along below the Cairngorms where up to wards rhe peaks little snow persisted. Much of the way was on General Wades military roads built to quell the revolting Jacobites after the '45 rwbeion. I met a chap from St. Just in Cornwall who was doing LEJOG with a push bike loaded front and back panniers ad well as a tent on top of the rear rack he was no youth either. While we were chatting about the challenges of cycling in Devon and Cornwall he said he had almost given up at Cullompton along came a youngster perhaps in his forties with his Specialised carbon fibre bike complaing about the unrwpIred sections of the cycle track saying he wished he had stayed on the A9. I pointed out that the bike path might damage his bike but the dual carriageway had the potential to damage him possibly beyond repair. Arrived in Pitlocherie and checked in at the Back Packers Hotel which is fine probably wouldn't get the the J&CR of Aberdeen approval. There was a drive in Highland Piping and Dancing Show asa drive in didn't fancy going on foot as Mr Lonsome on a damp evening.
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