Last night's B&B was teutonically efficient. The best aspect was "you must sit at the table with your room number on" for breakfast. One table almost weren't served because there were the wrong number of people seated, and another couple who didn't notice this instruction were asked to move - because otherwise the walkers would have to sit with cyclists (do we smell?) And porridge was available - but only if you booked the night before. It really was quite funny.
I'm trying not to go on about food but I thought I should report I had haggis for breakfast this morning. Can't visit Scotland and not have haggis.
Didn't see any wild haggis, but riding through the forest this morning we saw a roe deer and her fawn bouncing along like tiggers. They move more like hares than deer, and look like them too with their oversized ears.
There is a price to pay for being out there in nature's midst; in this case a very rough forest track not rideable in places and swarming with midges. This made for slow progress early on and falls and punctures for some.
After a few miles of this we drop down to cycle alongside the Caledonian canal, using cycle paths along the tow path where possible; more communing with nature. I can't work out the zoom on the iPhone camera and nearly fell in the canal trying to get close enough to damselflies for a picture.
Cycle on the busy A82 along Loch Ness and then head north for our overnight stop in Evanton. No signal here, so I'll be posting this blog on Friday when I can find a signal.
More from Delia Smith's Springwatch tomorrow. Can't believe there are only two days to go.
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