What a tough start to the day. Retreating 35 miles back to Huntly this morning was soul-destroying, but it was absolutely necessary in order that we didn't miss out a single metre of our epic journey. A solid headwind made the first 5.5 hrs to Inverness rather damn tough and saw our average speed drop to -7 mph!
Leigh's puncture-fixings skills would have been first-class, had it not been for his comedy rubber tyre-levers. Thankfully Dr Dougie had real ones to help him out.
Leigh continues to delight his fellow cyclists with yet another comedy fall off his bike after politely letting other riders take the road route, kerbing his wheels, which sent his bike one way and him the other into a lush bed of nettles.
Shoey also had his moment of hilarity, after clipping Kenny's rear tyre on a quiet country road. Dougie reported the cartoon-esque sight of Shoey dancing around his bike at 15 mph, feet making like Scooby Doo, whilst bouncing both his testicles the length of his crossbar and back.
A sign pointing to Aberdeen, located just outside Inverness Caledonian's football ground gave Shoey an opportunity to show off his local knowledge... 'Is that Aberdeen's ground then?'
Once we turned the corner at Inverness and passed over the Kessock Bridge, the wind became a help rather than a hindrance and helped us nudge up our average speed. We even put an extra 15 miles today to reduce the mileage tomorrow...for our LAST DAY!
Nearly there, well done Andy (my best boy) and the rest of you, what an achievement and what lovely thighs you all must have now lol :-)
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ReplyDeletebut anyways its ur last day end it on a high u have no idea how man ppl r suporting u here its great but guys have a great last day and yes its been some adchevement u have all dont great...anyways this is my last post...good luck and Andy cya in wow some day but look after urself first : ) cya : ) xxxxxxxx