After a superb meal at the Garth Hotel (Angus Steaks) and a good nights rest, we awoke to glorious sunshine and readied ourselves for the near closing section of our adventure.Sunscreen on, shades to protect the eyes, Chris and I were off. We got a good 4 miles before it was too cold and we put our jackets on. Never mind though, not raining, and we had a pretty good idea of where we were going, only 2 turn offs to the coffee point.
Well, I know you ar not going to believe it, but we only managed to get 50% of these right!! Yup, we missed the second one! We asked a "local" cyclist. He knew where we needed to go and sent us off in the wrong direction. This time though even our ever patient support crew missed it, phew!!
Another route was rapidly discussed, meeting up for coffee and cakes as per the norm. Guess what? the heavens opened!
Midway through yesterday, and somewhat frustratingly, my digital readout developed an intermittant fault at just under 800 miles, so we will now be using Chris's for the rest of the trip.
We have now arrived at Dornoch, having completed over 900 miles, with a little over 150 to go. We have seen our first sign saying John O Groats, and with that our journey continues tomorrow.
76 Miles Average speed 14.1 mph
See, you didn't speak in an Aussie accent.
ReplyDeleteOut of interest how did you know he was a local cyclist, could well have been a decoy sent out to confuse you and paid in NAFFI vouchers!! I have really enjoyed blogging, bettered only by moshing. This whole saga has obviously rejuvinated us all.