Another day another blue sky sort of. Bikes at the ready and we were of again but this time with the wind behind us which was useful as we had a long steep climb out of Dingwall with a slight snow shower chuckef for good measure.
We absolutely horsed it to Inverness - we were that early we even had time for photos on Kessock bridge.
ICT (Inverness Caledonian Thistle) was in sight as we crossed the bridge and popped into the stadium where a nice young lady at reception then took us through the tunnel to pitch side and took a photo of us with one of the stands in the background.
A few minutes later and we were of and running again dodging the traffic through Inverness and up towards Culloden although we didnt actually Go to the site itself as we took a more direct route towards Newtonmore.
However after all the hills of the morning and climbing out of Inverness I could feel a pain in my left knee. This was beginning to slow me down big time which is not good.
We battled onto Carrbridge via a hail storm where Phil is a regular at a cafe here only to find the place full of 30 Japanese tourists having a good main meal and the staff of 3 rushed of their seat. Luckily for us the tourists were finishing up and got a table and filled our boots before we took of again.
We swept down to Aviemore, Kingussie (where Boots supplied me with Ibruprofen) and into Newtonmore where we stopped at another of Phil's local haunts for a well earned drink.
Ever tried cycling loaded with luggage and trying to carry carrier bags full of food and drink? We will tell you - its not easy. However, I went extra for the bag for life which seemed to be a lot easier than the usual pladtic bags they hand out.
A few miles down the road and we were at our Inveralmond wooden lodge which was absolutely fantastic and very different to what we have been staying in for the last few days.
The pain in my knee was not good and I was absolutely shattered with one leg having to do the work of two!
70 miles done and time for bed.
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