So was it worth it?
Well! Yes is the only answer I can give. Despite some pretty appalling weather on Wednesday, the weather wasn't too bad. Quite frankly the remnants of a tornado don't generally strike the Scottish coastline every week. I was a bit unlucky there. On the other hand anyone venturing up to western Scotland expecting it not to rain, is living in a dream world. I expected rain, anticipated rain and boy did I get rain, but only really one bad day.
Sunday was overcast and it did rain a bit. On Monday I had heavy showers and a glorious walk out of Glen Coe in the sunshine in the same day. Tuesday was glorious weather all day and I walked up to the Old Man of Storr. Wednesday is best left unmentioned and Thursday was interspersed with showers, but was still a good day. Friday I had a couple of showers in the morning, but it cleared up to be a glorious afternoon for my walk up Glen Nevis. Saturday was a clear sunny day. So in general the weather (apart from Wednesday) was probably about right.
The walks were good and I enjoyed all of them. It's a pity that the walk up to Coire a'Grunda got washed out and I hadn't time to do Coire Mc Fairhchaire
So how did everything perform?
The bike performed flawlessly. It never faltered once and handled everything thrown at it. I thought by Thursday or Friday I might need to adjust the chain, but it was just about within tolerance still, so I left it. My one piece waterproofs (when I was wearing them) proved to be able to handle some fairly heavy rain. The B+Bs were all superb, run by great people who would bend over backwards to help you.
With hindsight would you have done it differently?
I don't think I would have changed very much. Most of it worked fine. If possible I would choose a week when it wasn't going to absolutely heave it down, but then you can never fully predict the weather. Pre-booking the B+Bs was a good move, otherwise I might have found myself without a place to stay on Wednesday night. However pre-booking things does reduce your flexibility to change things on the move, so if I did it again I might just wing it everywhere. A traveling companion (preferably one of the opposite sex) to share the experience with, would have been nice. We might not have been on speaking terms afterwards mind!