A case of the Measles

It was a nice easy day today. 43 miles along the coast to Oban with spectacular scenery and a lovely flat road. There were some very smooth tarmac cycle paths which were a welcome relief from the poor road surface. Traffic much better than yesterday especially after Ballachulish.

As soon as we left Fort William I noticed an intermittent clicking noise coming from my rear cassette. This got steadily worse but as we were expecting to be in Oban by 3pm that left plenty of time to get it looked at by a bike shop on arrival.

15 miles from Oban my chain broke on a rather dangerous hill. I have never fixed a broken chain before 'in anger' so it was a big learning experience. After some struggling with a rather inadequate chain link tool we eventually got it fixed - but not before we had been eaten alive by the dreaded Scottish midges that surrounded us in swarms.

By the time we arrived in Oban (an hour late) we looked like we had Measles.

Staying in a very nice B&B in Oban. This is an important landmark as we have now done over 250 miles and are over 1/4 of the way.

Peter