Today we crossed from the west coast to the east: from Kyleakin on Skye passing the Dornoch Firth on the way to Lairg. It was another long day - 109 miles, while we were all very tired.
An excellent ride today - lots of fantastic scenery, including lochs, mountains, sheep and even oil platforms. The day started off very wet, but eventually the rain stopped allowing us to dry out and warm up. We had one particularly exciting decent from 250m above sea level down to a loch which included a rather 'exciting' section over a narrow bridge which necessitated emergency braking to avoid a collision with a rather mean looking wall.
Thankfully, we all escaped unscathed and without losing any skin - which may have been rather lucky considering the circumstances.
All tired - falling asleep on the bikes. Mike arranged a lunch for us, and moved things around in the truck so that the 4 of us could eat inside - heavy downfall and dive-bombing midges outside). Fantastic views and scenery in Sutherland - many highland cattle, sheep and lambs.
Sunday 26 June 2011
Breakfast on Skye
We're just eating breakfast on day 9 in the small harbour town of Kyleakin on Skye.
We've had two great days island hopping up the west coast.
Arran was great. We had 1h20 to get to Lochranza and the next ferry. Thankfully the descent to Lochranza was very fast, and we got to the ferry 5 minutes before it departed.
We had even less time in Mull. In less than 1 hour we rode the few miles from Craignure to Fishnish and changed both wheels, tubes, and tyres on Tom's bike when one of his spokes broke.
Back on the mainland we landed at Lochaline. Where in the local shop there the lady refused to charge Mike at all when she heard about the bike ride, and the Save the Children ride. Thanks.
Arriving in Kyleakin the hostel owner rode out on his bike to meet us (at 9pm). It turns out in his youth, many years ago, he was a semi-pro rider. Amongst his claims to fame were having ridden 248 miles in 12 hours!
Today we cross the mainland heading towards Lairg.
We've had two great days island hopping up the west coast.
Arran was great. We had 1h20 to get to Lochranza and the next ferry. Thankfully the descent to Lochranza was very fast, and we got to the ferry 5 minutes before it departed.
We had even less time in Mull. In less than 1 hour we rode the few miles from Craignure to Fishnish and changed both wheels, tubes, and tyres on Tom's bike when one of his spokes broke.
Back on the mainland we landed at Lochaline. Where in the local shop there the lady refused to charge Mike at all when she heard about the bike ride, and the Save the Children ride. Thanks.
Arriving in Kyleakin the hostel owner rode out on his bike to meet us (at 9pm). It turns out in his youth, many years ago, he was a semi-pro rider. Amongst his claims to fame were having ridden 248 miles in 12 hours!
Today we cross the mainland heading towards Lairg.
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