Distance: 95 Miles / 155 Km
Elevation: 4,494ft / 1,370m
This was a day to savour. All we could do was hope that we could get to the end. These kinds of distances and elevations meant that it was never a given.
As we were spread out across a number of B&B’s and hotels last night, the message was to cycle to the Highland Hotel in Lairg, meet up with the rest of the team and then make our way up to Crask (which was 20 km up the road) for the final morning brief. This was a tough start to the day with a full-on headwind and rain to slow us down. We still looked good though:
After a cheeky cuppa at the Crask Inn, this was the board for he final day:
Exactly as it says, where the loch became the river we had the first brew at about 50 km in. This followed a simply stunning ride through Altnaharra and the following picture was taken to try and define just how simple life had become:
A cracking lunch followed, but everyone wanted to just push on as we’d now turned at Betty Hill and we final had a tailwind. The nuclear plant at Dounraey wasn’t far away along the coastline and made for an interesting stop:
Just as we were making excellent time, it was Foz’s turn to once again put the proverbial spanner in the works. A snapped rear gear cable into the last 60 km meant that we had to contact “Moves” who swooped in and worked his usual magic.:
Not long after, we were into the last 40 km and it was time for the final afternoon brew. We’re gonna miss these once we’re back home . . .
Consulting the travelling map showed us just how far we’d come with mere inches left:
At 18 km to go, we all had to meet up to try and get everyone to travel the final stint together. We heard “we’ll meet at a pub and then . . .”:
The wider team converged and we set off for the final stretch knowing that once we’d completed it we’d be on for over 1,700 km in 10 days with climbing that equalled that of riding up Mount Everest . . . twice.
For one last throw of the dice, Foz’s free-hub starting sticking with 4 km to go and resulted in throwing his chain into his spokes. In order to stop this from resulting in catastrophe he just had to keep pedalling, even when braking which was a challenge.
This wasn’t going to stop us though, and not long after 5:00pm it was all over:
Words can’t describe the relief felt by us all, so we celebrated and retired to the bar to sit on something that wasn’t a saddle and drink something celebratory #thanksnick:
The last chapter of this incredible journey was dinner and presentations with the entire team:
So there you have it. The rest of the evening was a bit of a blur, but its fair to say that everyone breathed a sigh of relief that they’d made it from end-to-end (largely) unscathed.
As challenges go, this was up there with the best of them. On day 1, Julie (Peak Tours) described it as being in a “bubble” and she was spot on. The wealth of experience and support brought by our hosts meant that all we had to do was stay hydrated, fed and rested (where possible) in order to get out on the road and eat up the miles each and every day and for that we offer our sincerest thanks.
A huge congratulations goes out to all the riders, especially Team B2B of course who were riding for an extremely important cause . . . https://uk.viginmoneygiving.com/b2blejog
Until the next time, I think its fair to say that we’re looking forward to not riding tomorrow so . . .
TOMORROW WE HIDE!!!
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