Lejog day 15 kingussie to inverness

Woke to an amazing valley bottom mist and it was quite a bit colder. Not quite frost but the heavy dew that shows how busy spiders have been all summer. Spooky cycling along in the half weird light lined by scots pine and birch . Aviemore for hot chocolates and a warm up and the mist burnt away while we sat. Nice road to carrbridge with a long gradual decent through thick conifer forest. We were back on route 7 and chose the on road route up to slochd summit. Local roads and then more great old a9. Saw some of the off road route and it looked great but for off road bikes only. Very bouldery. Best descent of the trip down to findhorn bridge and we tried tomatin distillery for a cafe but no luck. Most industrial and least picturesque distillery i have seen. Bit of a headwind nagging away now when ever we werent west of north and we descended through forest to daviot before heading east to culloden battlefield. A nice ride out there generally downhill. The visitor centre was a bit of a spaceship but the moor was very atmospheric even in sunlight. Found lunch there and then whizzed into inverness with wind assist. Nice riverside b&b and sat outside still mit beer after a walk around the castle (not as good as launceston)!