Day one was the long ride from John O Groats to Inverness. Having done it before there was the struggles of the Berridale Braes and the wind and hailstones. At least the weather for the start saw us very soon getting into blue sky and sun but the wind caused us a number of problems especially having to pedal downhill. Mik e and I found the whole day quite traumatic with aching muscles, bums and hands. The Berridale Braes saw us hurtling down scarily from 1500 feet to sealevel in about 200 yards. At least alan B continued to service our needs with hot cup o soup. We travelled on to Golspie where Mike and I had to take shelter in a telephone kiosk because the hailstorm was quite ferocious in its delivery. We then pushed on and the ride became so monotonous with long straight roads especially leading up to Tain the home of the Glenmorangie Distillery.
We eventually arrived at 6.45 making the whole day 12 hours riding with the odd few 10-15minute breaks.
Following arrival at the hotel we had a long soak individually of course and a meal in the pub next door.
Today a strange thing happened in that i became so tired I could have gone to sleep riding obviously this was due to exhaustion however mikes dextrose tablets and a mars bar gave me a second wind and we completed the ride for the day.
Down to Perth tomorrow.
Well done all of you. Have a good second day
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