Day 16
12th September

As we left the camp we noticed some snow on top of the nearby mountains which must have fallen last night. The road from Bridge of Orchy rose gently once more until reaching 1033 feet at the Perthshire/Argyll border before descending way down to Tyndrum where we were able to get tea. The mountains behind us were surprisingly good. The traffic on the main road was becoming heavier as more and more people headed towards Glasgow. The River Falloch now ran alongside the road and sparkled in the sunlight - it was a fine day with blue skies - until we found the Falls of Falloch in a really beautiful setting. The river continued on its way to Loch Lomond still sparkling. The Loch itself was glimpsed only occasionally through the trees but was deep blue reflecting the sky amid really lush green countryside. Somehow, however, it lacked interest seeming to go on for miles without changing. When we reached Inverbeg we discovered that the next ferry for Rowardennan, across the loch, was in three hours time so we abandoned our plans to ride the quiet roads on the other side and pressed on to Glasgow along the main road and go home tonight rather than camp another night near civilisation. Past Loch Lomond the countryside changed dramatically into industrialised suburbs and continued much the same all of the way into Glasgow.
We arrived in Glasgow quite early and found we had to wait for the train and so spent the last hours of this magnificent trip bored to death in the Buffet!