8/5/18

Late start and knock the slugs off my ten. There can be only one slug on this trip and I do not want to give up the starring role.  Back over the road I traveled yesterday.  This time I go over the pass and down the other side. I see a nice wide trail but it is blocked off as it is being worked on.  Lower down I am able to ride it.  It is steep in a positive direction and I ride my brakes.  As always I wonder who believes loose gravel is needed on trails.  I’ll stick to the road going the other direction up.  At Fort Augustus I follow the canal.  See a nice spot and camp early.  Rain was predicted and it is nice to be a head of the weather.  Once again I forgot to check the internet while in town.  The need to be connected is fading.
Love and kisses
Steve

8/4/18

Back 5 miles to Inverness. Not going to the library as the laptop needs power. Decision is made and head out on the south great glen route.  I look across Loch Ness for Nessie.  The road turns into the hills.  I go to some forests to camp. There are no forests as the trees are cut.  The new trees are short and the ground has been ripped up and to limply. I go back five miles to a nice camp spot I saw.
Love and kisses
Steve

8/3/18

Rain over night. Midges are friendly so I decide not work on the bike. Nine miles to the bike shop. The shop replaces the bottom bracket and it does not fix the clicking. Spoke is also fixed and the wheel trued. Pedal is the problem and I will see if adding grease will help. In Inverness I find out the library does not allow people to plug in devices as they are afraid they might exceed their electricity quota. I head up the Great Glen trail to camp.
No photos taken today.
Love and kisses
Steve

8/2/18

Watch a salmon trying a falls.  I am to slow on the camera for a pic.  Stop at a Pictish stone.  A cyclist invited me to her home for tea.  She had a bottom bracket tool.  I tried to fix the bottom bracket, but the click click continues.   Back on the road I noticed a spoke is broken.  As it is getting later in the day I seek a place to camp.  Tomorrow I need to fix my spoke and see if the bottom bracket can be fixed.
Love and kisses
Steve

8/1/18

Rest day

Love and kisses
Steve