9.00 a.m. - cracking start in weak sunshine at Loch Lomond Youth Hostel - the team set a good steady pace at around 14mph and soon hauled in the first turn of the day at Tarbet (15miles) before slogging up Glen Falloch and over for a 'brief' lunch stop at the Crianlarich Hotel - which actually wasn't brief and wasn't the right decision as it totally wasted 90 minutes!
And then it rained and the wind blew and the team hit the stretch over the Bridge of Orchy and Rannoch Moor - wild, wet and cold. Heads down now for the final 20 miles in to Glen Coe but totally soaked and everyone very cold and progressively hacked off!
By 3.30 p.m. the group reached the Youth Hostel in Glen Coe and took an hour to thaw out. A change into dry kit and then a regroup for a final 18 miles to Fort William.
That's extra miles done today, to make tomorrow shorter and hopefully allow us to squeeze in the Champions League Final at 8pm.
People are starting to talk about the 'end' and actually ticking off this 970 mile challenge - but then there's two days to go and if the last two days have taught us anything - its that anything can happen - even 'Steel Legs' Shimmin suffered two punctures in the space of ten minutes today!! Add to that a broken spoke for Chris and our lucky streak in terms of keeping the bikes in good order has been well and truly shattered!! Let's wish for an event free day tomorrow and, of course, United the winner at Wembley......
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