Got soaked

As predicted our first day cycling was a real experience and a baptism of fire
In many ways. The day started with a quick breakfast at the youth hostel, hopefully substantially smaller than anything else we'll receive over our trip. We then had to cycle 2.5 miles out to John O'Groats and took the essential photos, much to Dave's pleasure! By 8:00 the rain was coming down and we didn't see The end of it until we finished For the day.

We managed to get in a swift 55 miles before stopping in Helmsad where we were met with a roast and no fire! We spent most of our rest attempting to warm ourselves up and
Prepare for the rain once again. We got back out and thought we only had another 33 miles to go which due to an error on our part actually lengthened to 40 more very wet and cold miles. The pace dropped slightly and we finished our 95 miles in 6.5 hours at an average pace of 13.8mph.

We managed to find one place in Bonar Bridge to refuel and also got to see a real life dog fight which was bizarre. We had a great day and spent much of out cycling time chatting about a year ago and just where we were celebrating the love and lives of Ed and Hannah at their amazing wedding. He did cry too!!