For me and many of the other riders on the End2Endin10 team, this was the best day of our epic ride! We left Fort William in sunshine and even saw the top of Ben Nevis briefly before the cloud rolled in and the Scottish drizzle started. But this wasn't enough to take away the magic of this place especially for cycling. The road is smooth and relatively quiet and the climb is a gentle gradient but goes on for ever, allowing you to push harder and harder, accelerating to the top of the pass and into a long, fast, descent. I found myself humming Queen tracks from the film Highlander, inspired by the dramatic scenery and at times (in gaps between the cars) the only sound I could hear was my heart beating! Fantastic!
We only stopped briefly for water at the team van as the midgies were everywhere and if you stopped for more than a second you were covered and the biting began. We chatted with the owners of the Hostel about life with midgies and discovered that they can only fly at 5 mph so if you keep moving they don't really bother you!
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