After an early start to perform some much needed bike maintenance and a heart breakfast, I left the refurbished Lochranza yha and the friendly manager, Rob to catch the 9.30 Claonaig ferry to the mainland.
Narrowly avoiding returning the hearty breakfast to the rough sea, I survived the half an hour crossing by chatting to a biker from Dorset on the top deck in a stiff breeze.
Dodging the wash, I ran up the ramp onto the site and took advantage of a passenger shelter while I made some much needed changes to two sets if badly with brake blocks.
45 minutes later, I braved it back out into the elements of a very drizzly mid morning and set out for Oban. Aware the first thing would be to overcome a climb, I made sure I was well stretched and took out easy to effect a warm up.
The, climb over, the road took a mostly coastal path, a welcome flat run, allowing me to reminisce about Holland.
By early afternoon I had already reached my planned overnight stop at Lochgilphead. Wanting to gain a day's advantage, I pressed on for another 65 plus mile day. Looking forward to more flat coastal roads, turning off for Oban shortly after
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