It has been a cracking day with blue skies from morning until dusk. A perfect night for blasting up the iconic Col du Cleish.
Bigman and The Wee Yin were racing against the time to see the sun go down from the top of Cleish.
As they climbed up through Bowershall, the smell of burning wood from the cottages fell out of the chimneys with no wind to carry it. It felt like back to the future, with memories flooding back to Bigman of his cycling trip through the desert at Masada in Israel as the sun went down. The heat was lost and the cold started to bite as the temperature dropped. And to the future, a question on his mind if this is how it will feel in South Africa in 21 weeks time?
The view from the top of Cleish was stunning with a 'ready brek' glow hovering across the western horizon. Alas on this occasion the sun has won and the Americans are enjoying the fruits of Fife's loss.
The pair went for the double dropping down the North Face before turning to re-climb. The Wee Yin is in stunning climbing form and the crest was quickly achieved.
There was no race by the Bus Museum however the monument to the Gruesome Tosome by Loch Fitone has now been floodlit at the entrance to Yellowstone Country Park. Like the film shoots of the Da Vinci Code, this will soon become a favourite visitor attraction once the Epic Caper book is published!
Anotehr 1400ft ascent and 20 miles closer to the Cape Epic 2010.
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