lejog day 10

Helmsdale to John O Groats

Today I was mostly regretting the wine last night...
Got a bit too relaxed last night – nice hostel, good company, bottle of wine – kind of forgetting that I still had over 80 miles to do.
30 mins into today I had sweated out the alcohol from the night before – a few hills around 13% does that to you. Mind you I enjoyed the downhill – check out the max speed.

I took a detour north to Dunnet Head – the most northerly point of mainland UK. Guess what’s there – the most northerly point of mainland UK. That’s it.

Continued on to John O Groats. I arrived in the rain to no fanfare whatsoever. I noticed that for some reason everything around JOG smelt of broad beans. I had my picture taken by a funny little man at the signpost. He had a sweatshirt with JOG official photographer written on it – presumably so that he knew who he was and what he was there for. Hurray for care in the community.

After a coffee and the last cake of the trip (Chelsea bun) I headed off back to Wick.
I ran into Andy and Sunny on the road back – they had 6 miles to go. Chatted for a bit, all in good spirits, before passing on our separate ways. You should check out their blog – it’s so funny.

http://endtoend3peaks.blogspot.com

The B + B that I’m in is fantastic. My bike is now in pieces and packed away ready for the flight home, I’ve been out and had a curry and a few beers – I hope that I earned them.

Day 10 – 86 miles covered Average speed - 11.9mph Max speed – 43mph
Ride time 7h12 Total mileage – 1009 miles
State of mind – Job done and really looking forward to seeing the family tomorrow