This morning the boys cycled to John o Groats to begin their 'descent'. They planned to take some photos at JoG but had to wait a while for a local man to assemble the sign detailing the number of miles to Land's End. Eventually he did & they hope to post these pics when they can get a strong enough signal - you'd think they were in the back end of beyond, or something :-)
They made good progress across some hilly terrain &, despite some bad patches of weather including a downpour of 'stinging hailstones', covered 70 miles & arrived safely in Helmsdale where they will spend the night at the local Youth Hostel (surely they don't fall into the correct category for this accomodation?!!!)
I think they will be nursing a few aches & pains after their first big day out, but they've had a good dinner & are planning an early night (at least that's what they're telling us!)
Tomorrow they'll set out for Inverness, so more news then.
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70 miles? That's fantastic news. What a great start.
ReplyDeleteLove the commentary, too.
Dad. XX