Still in the land where 3 network has no coverage so reliant on the YHA computer access, sorry still no pictures but at least a short update.
Following a hearty breakfast at the Bettyhill Hotel of cereals, eggs, bacon, sausage, beans, tomato, mushrooms, some scottish pancake thing and a type of black pudding, toast marmalade we braved the horizontal rain and set of for a 35km of climb. We stopped at hotel at Altaharra for coffee before undertaking the last 150M climb, the sun came out whilst we enjoyed our coffee inside only to start as soon we got on our bike, we had to stop to put on our waterproofs again.
As I slowly climbed to the summit in the lowest gear possible the headwinds started and the rain continued a more bleak part of the world on could not imagine in the height of summer.
Eventually reached the summit just over half way and another 10Km of downhill but the headwind was strong enough to ensure coasting was not possible we all stopped at the only pub on route Crask Inn for a pint and instead of the expected Sunday lunch all we got was some liquid called Tomato & Veg Soup.
As we set off again the wind started up but at least it was all downhill after an hour and half of this the weather turned and we had pleasant ride through Lairg to Carbisdale Castle, a spectacular Victorian "castle" and now a most impressive Youth Hostel so many baroc staircases and passageways that you need a 3D map to navigate complete Leonardo Da Vinci statues in the great Hall
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