The end is nigh..................

08:30 wake up to bright warm sunshine, people in T shirts, breakfast bacon sizzling in the pan. Jump out of bed to a hot en-suite shower mmmmmm then buzzzz the alarm went off! The shower wasn't a shower but the rain once again falling on the roof as it had done all night. Reality set in it's 06:30 again but this should at least be the last day riding. We get ourselves together and set off to where we stopped yesterday where after a bit of an emotional farewell to Jane & Marion we cycled off into the wilderness one last time. The ride was of two halves really. First we rode up over forest trails via Altnabareac to Loch Mor saw our first close up of a stag as it bounded across the track in front of us followed swiftly by a doe and fawn. Plenty bird of prey now out and about and the whole scene like something from the South American plateaus, with distant hills, big sky and no rain still, not northern Scotland in October, amazing. the second half was a contrast as we emerged from the forests out onto an unclassified road and very flat land. We could see for miles and used that to our advantage as we dodged rain storms by racing on or more often than not waiting for it to go by us. There are no off road trails from here to our journeys end in to JO'G so the last 15+ plus miles were pretty mundane with long straight stretches and drawn out inclines. After meeting the girls at the top of one of these endless hills we went over the brow and there was the northern coast of Scotland and what a sight; white tops on the water, the Orchneys in the distance, boats, white houses dotted all around the coast as far you could see all illuminated by sunshine and white cloud. No photograph could ever do this scene justice, shall I start painting? Then the final leg along the coast to JO'G. What a let down JO'G really is. Apart from being windy and cold it was quite unwelcoming with drab buildings and drab people. So after a couple of pickies and a warming bowl of soup we stowed our bikes one last time and headed out in search of a warm hotel and celebratory meal. We'd done it!! 49.8 miles (1183) The End.