Lovely wildcamp spot and rain held off until we were on the road. Big fry up for breakfast with lorn, blackpudding, bacon, potato scones, and eggs. Yumbo! Down wind cycling to head of Loch Caolisport then a bit headwindy to massive estate house at Ellery. OS maps showed a link up track to Kilmory. Eds old map showed a road and it turned out to be metalled but falling into disrepair. There were a couple of private signs to put people off but its legal for walkers and bikes so a shame they signpost so aggressively. Nice climb up through rhoddys and a few hairpins before a super steep steep bit. Swoopy bit past lochs before last climb to pass. Fast downhill dodging potholes and staying on thin strips of tarmac left. Good fun a a great piece of road. Weather had been getting wetter all this time and when we arrived at Castle Sween we were a bit down. lunch in pouring rain huddling under a small leanto and when the shop finally reopened we bought some goodies and got cycling again. At one point I noticed Millers rear wheel was looking a bit wobbly. Investigation showed one spoke had gone and another 2 were suspect. So much for sorting out after last years debacle. We took all his luggage from him and cycled on. 10 mins later one of Scabbingtons spokes went ping. Was it due to extra load? More luggage shuffling. Quick stop at beaver centre but no sightings and then nice bit of road down to Tayvalich. Loads,of tree damage everywhere from storm on Monday.
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