It was fab to see James, Cathy, lovely smiley Kiera and visiting twitcher Gayle last night. And just as we were saying goodbye to them a bagpipe and drum band marched doon the road! It was like it was arranged just for the tourists! Fabulous.
We set off today at a fine pace, no great climbs to anticipate. Just the busy road and occasional head on winds to slow us down. But we cracked on and in no time at all (it seemed) made it to Tain, home of Glenmorangie Whiskey. We stopped in a lovely cafe for lunch and John hot-pedalled it from Golspie to meet us. Although we love to see him, it does strike a note of trepidation in some hearts as he has very fresh very capable leg muscles and pushes us on at a rate and a half! We are a much tighter bunch of cyclists after two weeks of riding together. Good road sense (most of the time!), drafting when the need arises. Anticipating when those amongst us need to pee/photograph/get off new saddle! After we left Tain we headed straight out into the head wind for a while. Phew, it is simply exhausting riding into a wind. I couldn't keep up with John to draft even at 8mph. Luckily we were soon over that bit and a lot of down hill followed. We made it here to the hotel by 2.30pm which sounds like we did nothing all day! But it is great to have a break. Penultimate day tommoro! Can't quite get my head around it!
Friday 17 September 2010
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At least we're back on track now (day 14). Agree that it must be fun when John turns up all fresh and raring when you're knac**** - well tired anyway. As you say only a day and half to go and I bet it all went so fast as well. Try to enjoy these last few moments on your brilliant trip.
ReplyDeleteReally annoyed that I couldn't post yesterday - the wifi in our hotel was playing up.
ReplyDeleteThe thought of fresh, capable leg muscles certainly livened me up this morning ... Can't believe it is nearly over. You'll have to write your memoires when you get back.