A very easy morning 60 miles only as I stopped in Inverness to get myself some puncture repair equiptment and a map so that I can toddle along at a pace that is comfortable for me. It does mean that I have missed a chunk as I did what I needed to do then got the train to Aviemore. So cheating yes, but better than giving up all together. Aviemore is lovely the weather is really really hot, 27 tomorrow apparently, a bit grim to cycle uphill in! It's cycle paths al...

Well that's the first day done and I feel good (it's 8:45pm and i'm chilling in bed, legs not too sore) we are staying at a really lovely youth hostel made from old railway carriages- highly recommend! The weather is so amazing that i'm unfortunatly burn, very naughty! I can't say that i've found the day ok or enjoyable. I found the hills really tough and have that kind of high school not fit enough feeling. Baz is naturally very good at hills (lots of mountain b...

A long train journey to Thurso! On the train at Edinburgh at 9:30 at Thurso for 17:45... Pretty cream crackered. Thurso is much quieter than I remembered, nit many people in the hostel, two workies are here doing contract work for a local nuclear power station called Doubreay. They are in the middle of decommisioning it but work is very thin on the ground despite this they were not given permission to go home. They looked utterly fed up watching a workies version...