Day 15

Yet another early start, but fortunately me and Sam had a large box of Crunchy Nut and a litre of milk between us. With this moderate amount of energy stored up, we set off (midges in hot pursuit).

By this point we really were in the heart of Scotland. As we passed Inverness and the Bonar bridge, we realied no sane person would go this far north. Due to Inverness we had to avoid the main roads, which also meant a really big climb (250m). Navigation was slightly more complicated (meaning we actually had to navigate), but there were no major mishaps and the roads were all signed. Near the end of the day we had another giant climb (about 250m again), but this time we got the best view of the entire trip, followed by breath-taking downhill.

From LEJOG Day 15

We were really excited about our accommodation that night - Carbisdale Castle is meant to be the best youth hostel in the UK, and though that might not be saying much, it is an actual castle complete with naked statues and priceless artwork. Although the showers left much to be desired (probably Medieval technology) there was a TV and best of all, a pool table.

In total we rode 64.4 miles and followed this route.