Day 15
11th September

Another fairly windy night but we were soon away and into Fort William to stock up for the weekend. The road alongside Loch Linnhe was very busy and not at all pleasant to ride along. But after crossing the bridge at Ballachulish the traffic eased a little although the wind kept up quite strongly.
Once at Glencoe village the scenery changed dramatically and mountains soared up ahead of us. The map showed the pass of Glencoe ascending to 1041 feet which we were fearing a little but, in fact, the climb was remarkably easy and only the very strong wind gave us any problems. The scenery now was magnificent all the way including a superb triple waterfall. We reached the top of the pass quite easily and then there were miles and miles of open moorland surrounded by mountains in the distance.
The moor turned out to be Rannoch Moor, 1144 feet above sea level and the road stayed this high for a few miles before a superb descent to Loch Tulla. The wind was now behind us and the going was really easy all the way to Bridge of Orchy which we reached much earlier than expected. We turned off alongside the River Orchy and have managed to find a pitch by the riverside which is quite good although a little sloping. The weather has been good all day with blue skies and only occasional rain but it is now very cold. Altogether, though, a good day with some superb scenery