Good point! In my defence, I’ve been doing daily Instagram updates 🤪
Well, I feel like I’m now in the holiday portion of my LEJoG!
Joined by some pals in Edinburgh, they are a little slower than me, & whilst we had a couple of ~70m days, the Scottish portion is kinder, & the weather far nicer!
Now tucked up in the Crask Inn: we could have taken a day less, but tomorrow we head up over to Bettyhill, then a final 50m to JoG
Each day here has been pretty delightful: a cracking Unorthodox Roasters cafe in Kinross….great lunch at The Pier in Lairg today….happening upon the Clara Cairns outside Inverness….lovely beer & pizza at the Black Isle Bar in Inverness…
I cannot recommend highly enough staying at the Balsporran B&B: just a delight, with lovely hosts and their lovely crazy bearded collie….even if I did blindly pedal past it for 3 miles slavishly following the Wahoo (hint: put the actual location in, not a postcode 🤣). I will return one day!!
Some fabulous scenery along the way: today was really remote, & it is still very light outside!
So….having had almost 25,000 ft of climbing in pouring rain and gales on the first leg (& a broken crank!)….22,000ft of ups and a couple of LONG days on the second….this third leg m, with around 14,000ft of ascent, is feeling almost too easy!
One pal has had 3 punctures so far 😳.
I had the frame lug for the rear mudguard one side snap off: luckily I could bodge it to the frame nearby, and also had to zip-tie the pannier frame nearby it. I’m sure that lug should not snap off 🧐
Wondering how to approach
Evans after this is over (particularly over The Crank issue, where they
technically sold me a bike which was not fit for purpose….& then this lug & the rack mount!)
Anyway…..nearly there! Thanks for following!!
Oh yes: good luck on your JOGLE,
@albal - must be crazy wanting to head into the wind 🤣