Calum checked over the bike and measured chain wear. New cassette and chain and rear brake blocks also required. Returning at 1645 i saw my bike parked outside. New wheels and clean chain. Looked great.
Neighbour Raymond had kindly brought me down in his car and would now take me to where i had broken down.
I wanted to cycle the section from here to Carrbridge so i had a complete route done. There was a huge downpour as we arrived at the spot so we waited in the car for 5 mins. It eased and that was my cue. Waterproofs on, lights on, 17 miles to go. With no load the bike was strangely lightweight, it almost jumped forward as i pushed down on the pedal.
Coming through Aviemore I caught up with a Frenchman looking to go to Inverness. He had a huge scale map with hardly any roads on it and did not appreciate the distances involved. I indicated I could take him to Carrbridge and he seemed ok with this. After 20 mins cycling on rhe rough path to Boat of Garten, he checked his gps and found to his utter dismay he had done a big loop. Seems he had started in Tomintoul but I got the impression he was blamiing me.
I showed him my map and where Inverness was. By the way no english is being spoken, only french, my best effort. In the end I got him to the campsite at Boat but he was not happy. Tried to tell him his map scale is not good for cycling.
C'est la vie.
The ride back was fine, and bike is good for tomorrow. Cromarty on the Black Isle next stop.
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