Up early, 0500, to do all those last-minute jobbies, and try to get away by 0600 in order to get past Manchester before the M6 gets clogged with commuters. Not bad: we managed 0620, and the light was already coming up. It was also dry at that point, so the day started well. Penrith's very own Rooster Diner provided a terrific huge breakfast, and it was only the 'standard' - you should have seen the next size up!
First call after that was The Iron Chef in Milngavie, where we had to drop off our baggage for the walk; a van will take it daily from hotel/B&B to hotel/B&B so we can walk with just day packs. Then on up to Invergarry to check in for one night to our end-stop hotel. Tonight an early night after the long drive, as we are out of the hotel in the morning at 0710 to get a taxi to Spean Bridge station for the train back south to the start.
Forgot to mention: the drive from Tyndrum across Rannoch Moor and through Glencoe to Fort William was full of cyclists, and I mean full. If it's the ride I think it was, then we were following the Deloitte Ride Across Britain, and that means 1500 riders. Progress was very slow.
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