In 1849 the old stone bridge over the River Oich was destroyed in a flood. James Dredge, an engineer from Bath in the south of England, designed the new bridge, a double cantilever bridge. The bridge was opened five years later and was in use until 1932, when it became too small for the increased traffic and replaced by another bridge. While I'm not an engineer and can't fully appreciate the pioneering design I still like the bridge.

Next stop was Loch Lochy, from where I called my mother in Germany. Mobile phone reception in the north west had been patchy at best, so I quite a few things to update her on from the previous week.

Fort William isn't the most beautiful place and I only stopped to visit an outdoor store to replace my gaiters which had been damaged during the walk in Glen Affric as well as to buy some food. Soon I was on my way again.

For lunch I stopped somewhere at Loch Linnhe, several heavy showers meant I didn't take any pictures though. Hoping that the rain would stop I took a detour around Loch Leven past Kinlochleven and Ballachulish, but it wasn't meant to be.

By now it was mid afternoon, so I decided to drive straight through to Lochgilphead, where I had a reservation at the Empire Travel Lodge. Unfortunately the restaurant it used to have in the breakfast room wasn't operating any more, so I had to find somewhere else for dinner. I found it at Kelli's Bistro of the Argyll Hotel. Nothing out of the ordinary but good value for money.

Then it was off to bed for some sleep after a lot of driving in frequently bad weather, hoping for some better weather the next day...