The longest day today - 99.73 miles which took approx. 8.5 hours (Duncan - please note, GPS will verify...). The most memorable aspect of the day was the need to pedal, whilst going down a steep hill, with the strong headwind and driving rain pushing against us.
Apparently, so I am informed, Loch Ness is the most beautiful of all the Lochs. The furthest we could see in front of us today was approximately 10 ft which was just enough to spot and blaspheme at the weekend gypsies soaking us in yet more oily water. So the Nessie spotting will have to wait.
The excess of water meant that there was one good feature to the highlands... water falls and lot of them.
At lunch time (after c. 66 miles)... the prime purpose of the pit stop was to ring out our soggy socks. Mum & Dad passed us food through the back window of their car whilst we shivered inside in a desperate attempt to raise our body temperature by 2 degrees. The back seats of the Ford Focus will never be the same again. We left Mum most disturbed at the sight of James donning his long john type 'leggings' in a futile attempt to warm up.
The competition to be the best support team is now hotting up - with bribery rife. Service by all 3 back up teams has been exceptional to date but we feel its important that complacency does not set in.
We were greeted at the B&B with more chintz than a pensioners living room...
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