Cycled the lovely 22 miles across the pass through the middle of the Island and then up the West coast in good time on a beautiful clear morning in order to catch the 10:45 ferry from Lochranza to Claonaig, on Kintyre.
Pics from my blissful early morning ride across Arran:
View from the pass known as 'The String' back down towards Brodick ...
Looking across to Kintyre from Auchnagallon ..
Lochranza from the Ferry terminal ..
Met up with one of the touring cyclists met yesterday again, and a couple of a tandem doing an extended end to end - heading up the Western Isles and then across the north coast of Scotland. Brilliant.
The Ferry to Kintyre is coming into land, complete with my pannier bags ...
Looking back over to Arran from the ferry ...
The little ferry from Arran dropped us off at Claonaig, then we had a short ride up a singletrack hill to Kennacraig to catch the ferry across to Port Askag on Islay.
Started to relax a bit as it would be the rest day next and enjoyed some excellent cycling company and a couple of Scottish beers on the way to Port Ellen on the other side of Islay from Port Askaig.
Good luck to all cyclists met on the way !
Zoomed down to Port Ellen on the straight 8 mile road with the wind behind. Plenty of friendly waves along the way ( I suspect one or two of them may have mistaken me for a well known local cyclist who may occasionally wear a similar black cycling top - cycling related blog written by this chap here ... http://ileach.co.uk/post/ ) Good friendly accommodation awaited me at Port Ellen, and a decent curry in from the local takeaway hit the spot for dinner.
Islay pics:
Bowmore distillery ( one of the 7 working distilleries on the island - popn. 3000 ! ) ...
Didn't get to visit the Mull of Oa this time, but will do some day soon ...
Whitewashed houses around Port Ellen Marina ...
Stats for day:
Ferry journeys 2
No. of rides 3
Flapjacks 2
Very long straight roads 1
Stunning views (lost count)
Mileage 49.8
Tot. mileage to date 821.5
Cheers,
Mat.
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