Fuelled by landlady Maggie's porridge, we made an early start to tackle the Berriedale Braes before the A9 got busy. The excitement of being "nearly there" made the 747 ft climb seem easy. The subsequent downhill run was even easier, hitting our Lejog record speed of 34 miles per hour before remembering the brakes! Keen to get there, we had a brief tea stop before leaving the A99 at Lybster and taking a lovely quiet single-track road to Watten. For the first time in Scotland, the wind was with us and we coasted along at 20mph on the flat, stopping for a quick sandwich before pressing on.
We arrived at John O' Groats to be cheered by a man we'd met on the road a few days ago, and the welcome sight of Martin who had the champagne waiting on ice.
After the necessary photographs we relaxed with the bubbly and watched other Lejoggers arriving before getting our taxi to Inverness where we were staying before our Sunday evening flight home.
A huge thank you to everyone who has helped us along the way, the messages of encouragement, the donations, blog edits, accommodation and meals, luggage transportation and company all made a real difference, and we were very touched by your help and generosity.
Many thanks to all of you,
Amanda, Louise, Fiona and Steve
Planned miles: 53.5
Actual miles: 54.0
Total planned miles: 1061.3
Total miles: 1065.4
Punctures: 0
Total punctures: 0!!!
Wine of the day: Laithwaites Champagne (magnum!)
Steve's Helmet Humidity Index: 28% (The helmet has now been humanely destroyed in the interests of public safety)
Woohoo!!!! Congratulations to you all. What an achievement. Well done!! :D
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to all of you, been great reading your posts and seeing your journey unfold. You've all inspired me: www.le-march.blogspot.com Sue K (friend of Rich and Karen)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!!!! An amazing achievement all of you! :-)
ReplyDeleteWell, that was fun!
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