To-day it was sunny at breakfast time and already warm. This was an optional day as we are staying two nights at this hostel. We rode (without our panniers) for half an hour on the main road towards Glasgow. We then did a four hour hike up "The Lost Valley" trail. We probably hiked 8-10 KM. Magnificent scenery of the many hills and some Munros around. It was sunny with clouds all day. A Munro is a peak over 3000 feet (over 900 meters) and many keen hikers try and bag as many as they can in their lifetime. We decided that we did not have the energy to bag a Munro to-day. There are numerous hiking trails in the Glencoe area surrounded by the magnificent Scottish hills. We have seen it at its best to-day. Neil wanted to visit the Kingshouse which was an historic building but is now undergoing a renovation so we carried on in an easterly direction with a slow uphill most of the way but downhill on the way back to the hostel. When we got there it was just a construction site but by the time we got home we had bicycled 35 KM. I think we are getting fitter! We were passing a section of "The West Highland Way" which hiking friend Ian did with his family a couple of years ago. To-morrow is our last cycling day from Glencoe to Oban - we hope we can continue on the dedicated Scottish cycle route 78.
The lost valley trail
The lost valley
This was as far as we went. We had probably climbed about 300 meters.
Looking back down the lost valley.
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