Once again Richard and Ade were blessed with good weather while we got cold and wet down here!
Now on the east coast, first stop today was Dingwall, with a nice trip along the back roads to Tain, another lovely little town. Continuing up the coast, crossing the Dornoch Firth on a big bridge. They saw their first sign to JOhn O' Groats, a mere 85 miles!
Getting more desolate and remote now; I remember visiting scottish stores with Woolworths, and being berated by the Manager for Head Quarter's centralised stock allocation system which sends them tree pruners, when there aren't trees!
They passed Skelbo Castle where Madge got married, on Loch Fleet, and they could see oil rigs at sea.
Staying tonight at Helmsdale, a lovely fishing village. Last night to wake up and have to get back on a bike!
Now on the east coast, first stop today was Dingwall, with a nice trip along the back roads to Tain, another lovely little town. Continuing up the coast, crossing the Dornoch Firth on a big bridge. They saw their first sign to JOhn O' Groats, a mere 85 miles!
Getting more desolate and remote now; I remember visiting scottish stores with Woolworths, and being berated by the Manager for Head Quarter's centralised stock allocation system which sends them tree pruners, when there aren't trees!
They passed Skelbo Castle where Madge got married, on Loch Fleet, and they could see oil rigs at sea.
Staying tonight at Helmsdale, a lovely fishing village. Last night to wake up and have to get back on a bike!
R's mobile for tomorrow is 0785 4920395 for messages; I'll post/ text as soon as they get to J OG, which will probably be around 4pm. (It's his Dad's mobile which will be handed back on Saturday!).
Richard wants to say a huge thanks for all the blog comments, texts, and phone calls, which have been really brilliant along a very very long cycle ride!
4 comments:
Hi guys
Fantastic progress, glad to hear the weather has been a little kinder to you. Very envious of all the beautiful scenery youare getting to see. As for yesterday's comment about Richards mental health I think it has to be in question anyway for getting on a bike for 16 days on the trot!! But then Ade's mental health is not that much better either!!
Enjoy the last day and have a wee dram or two tomorrow evening
Lots of love Lyn, Lucy and Josh x
Congratulations on a fantastic achievement! It's brilliant that instead of just dreaming about this exploit you actually did it! An inspiration to the rest of us.
Love from Michigan
Oh dear. Never done blogging before and only just found that I can leave a comment. Doh! Richard, your achievment is out of this world. Definitely one to tell the Grandchildren about in a few years time. As one who climbed just under 5000' with you on the first two days, I have no idea how you managed to do it. Congratulations. You are a star.
Fabulous blog and wonderful effort Richard. Really enjoyed reading it and just so pleased you have achieved what you set out to do. Hope everything has held together well. Am off to Greece on Sunday but will catch up for a good chat when I return. Well done. Hugs from Ian the clan xx
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