Distance: 92 Miles / 150 Km
Elevation: 4,402ft / 1,342m
Not any old “Tom, Dick an ‘arry” . . . this is Thom(as), Nick and Harry about to start Stage 9 from Grantown-on-Spey:
“H”, of course, dapper as always #teammod
As we’re going further north, the B&B’s are getting smaller and we’re becoming spread out across some of these smaller towns, but it’s all good as the hospitality has been great.
A later “board meeting” than usual meant that we didn’t set out until closer to 9 and, as were still in the Cairngorms, first up was a hefty climb. We saw this fella on the way up though:
This single climb took us up and over to first brew and then on to the country’s most northern city, Inverness. This gave us another iconic bridge to knock off the list . . . The Kessock:
It was then heads down for a fast spell to get us to lunch at “Batty’s Baps” at Dingwall (insert gag of choice here).
The afternoon took us up to Evanton and into full-on open country before dropping into Bonar Bridge, where we just had to take a couple of pics from the descent, but probably won’t do it justice:
This is a stunning part of the world, with every view changing by the hour, such is the power of the weather here.
The final leg over to Lairg also came with a visit to the “Falls of Shin”:
You’ll see from the sign that this was highly recommended by the Peak Tours team as there was a viewing platform to watch the Salmon Leap, superb stuff (not the best still from a video clip, but you get the idea):
All in all, a great penultimate day finished off in the local bar and a team meal in our home for the night at Lairg, but first, here’s “H” showing us the way:
So this is it . . .
We hope you’ve enjoyed the updates, but tomorrow it’s the final 95 mile leg of our odyssey which will take us from Lairg to John O’Groats. It’s been incredibly tough but, as expected, massively rewarding.
We therefore still have a long way to go to complete our attempt(s), but as it stands for tonight, confidence is rising. So for one last time . . .
TOMORROW WE RIDE!!!
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