We were laughing and joking about it for the first 30 miles or so, even doing bad poems* to pass the wet miles. but after lunch at Inverness Costa the rain and the traffic got worse.
Our route took us through Inverness and out over the two bridges. With the strong wind, lorry's and pouring rain it was not the most pleasant experience, in fact I would admit now it was scary! We took 1 detour off the route to avoid the worst over the Black Isle which added a couple of miles but rejoined for the second bridge crossing. This one was worse with a small pavement and spray coming over the wall as well as traffic thundering by. Another 1/2 mile on the A9 and we had had enough - time to find a different route! We took to the hillier back roads but didn't mind the climbing if it meant we stayed alive.
After 70.3 very wet miles we dripped our way into the Old School House at Kildary. Scotland you have definitely blotted your copy book!
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There was a young laddie from Inverness
Whose technique lacked a certain finesse
He was all cockeyed
He lent on one side
but he'll cycle to John O Groats none the less
No pictures from today - tooooooooooooooooo wettttttttttt :-(
Martin
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