day 11

Day 11

Strava details day 11This was the last big day, 87 miles from Tain to Thurso.  Weather forecast was for dry but windy.  We set off along the A9 from Tain which wasn't as bad as expected and drivers on the road were courteous. After a toilet stop in Golspie we headed up the hill to Helmsdale. There we turned left on to a narrow toad which we were to follow for the next 39 miles. It would its way up onto moorland and we stopped for lunch " in the middle of nowhere". After lunch the next 20 miles was an easy sweep down the other side of the valley down toward the main Ullapool to Thurso road.  Soon we past through the village of Reay, where my friends Frank and Dorris were married and pats the nuclear power station at DounReay. At this point there were a couple of digs and the speed rose while we all dove into the town of Thurso. The weather was good and the south westerly wind helped us today.  BPF 6.    Tomorrow we complete at JOG which is about 30 miles from here. I can't quite believe we have nearly reached our destination.