Day 1

Day 1: Balloch - Inveraray
Time: 2:43:20
Distance: 66.3km
Average Speed: 24.4km/h

Our flight got into Glasgow at around 10pm. The Polish bus driver was nice enough to let us take 4 bike boxes into the city. We walked about 10 minutes to the hostel and my shoulders are in bits today from carrying the boxed bike. We had 15 minutes to get beers in the hostel bar. The elite of Scottish culture were walking around the pub causing rows and trying to find out who was in the RA.
The euro hostel did a fine breakfast before assembling the bikes. We took a train to Balloch to avoid the city traffic and began the Loch Lomond cycle path. The trail is narrow and mossy on parts. It's bumpy too and it was a relief to arrive in Tarbet and get on an actual road.
The scenery picked up to the level of the roads. Our long and steady 30 minute climb was followed by an equally gradual descent. As we passed Loch Long the rain fell down for a while but the roads were flat and smooth and we had a tailwind.
Our hostel in Inveraray is right beside the town. We had dinner in the Scotland pub of the year (2011) and some of us took the whisky tray. Tomorrow will have the most kilometers and climbing. We hope to reach Oban.











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