I find her call though a little tough, I mean really, living out of a pannier bag with clothes that can almost talk back to you, cycling in weather conditions akin to what the early polar explorers faced and doing this day after day after day - who wouldn't find this enjoyable !
Sure there is some detriment to continual cycling but these are minor - i may have to headbutt the toothpaste tube to open it in the morning to deal with the fact that I have little or no energy left and cutting your way through the fatigue fog can be as simple as putting stick it notes on your feet so your brain can more easily identify which is the right one and which is left one - apart from these small problems cycling continuously is a breeze !
In short it's all about commitment .. or being committed .. i'm not really sure which !
We awoke after a good nights sleep in the honeymooners suite (no there was no energy for that stuff) and took up Donnas offer for a massive breakfast.
We'd worked out that the strange shiny thing we'd seen outside was in fact the sun and set out to take full advantage of it by walking into town to buy some picnic type food for the road. After being lucky enough to have been served by someone who would have preferred to have been cleaning toilets with both arms in plaster, we headed back up the hill to pack our bikes and take a circuitous route back to Craignure for our ferry to Oba
It was straight into climb mode leaving our b&b with the the sun causing us to remove one of of our 14 layers. We'd been pre-warned that our route to Dervaig had a couple of serious climbs in it but as tough as they were they seemed so much more manageable in the pleasant conditions and sparkling countryside.
A left turn at Dervaig took us along a Glen towards Salen, 20 kms of magic scenery passing through a valley with only a smidge of road traffic.
A 5 km descent into Salen brought us back on to the Sound of Mull. We were so deliriously happy that we decided to picnic en route sitting on benches overlooking the sound with our 14th layer now back on because of the chilly conditions. Why is it that England is having a heat wave with 20 c temps and it is still so cold in Scotland ... it's supposed to be summer !
Back on the bikes we completed our 60 km journey for the day riding into Craignure in time for the mid afternoon ferry back to Oban and to our 1/4 star accommodation just off the esplanade.
Trying to put a bit of normalcy back into our lives and to help make Monika forget that she still had 5 more days of this delight to go, we watched the Rock save the world at the local cinema before having dinner excited to be doing this all over again tomorrow !
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