The last 75 miles

Team Lantern Rouge, Aled, Jonathon, Jane, Phil and John, passed the Crask Inn on Friday evening and rode a further 7 miles in wet and windy conditions to Altnahara. We had a normal 7:30 breakfast and were on our bikes and pedalling by 8:15. This head start meant we were first to arrive at the morning brew stop and the first sign for John O'Groats.



The tandem finally caught up with us at our 28 mile mark while we were sat at the side of the road having admiring the scenery, the rest of the group started cathching us when we stopped for lunch and by the 68 mile mark the group had resumed normal positions at which point everyone stopped and waited so we could complete the ride together.










Setting out as a group Rick and Matt led, skilfully holding the pace to keep us all in position, then as we reached the final turn John took the lead and headed us along the finale 1.3 miles to the Finnishing Line and the John O'Groats sign post.


The feeling of finalling arriving was absolutely fantastic; 14 days of riding, 1012 miles, 15048 metres of climbing, and loads of brew stops. Everyone in the group has been great company, and the support of the guides has been invaluable.

One final thought: I've had a full cooked breakfast nearly every morning and have eaten continuously & copioiusly throughout the trip. I started out weighing 80Kg. Have just got on the scales and I weigh 80Kg.