Not a lot! Dinner at The Belgrave Arms Hotel - served by the delightful Penny who told us that the hotel has good value single rooms and secure bike storage*

At about 55 miles from JO'G Helmsdale is a good overnight place for first/last night of the E2E ride.

* we're not staying there, but would have if we had known about it.

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Mrs G was at Pilates class so no updates .... I was just wittering on about car hub caps and bits of wing mirror beside the road.

Thanks to Roger & MaryG and SallyE for their donations on Justgiving.

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Just short of Fort Augustus in glorious sunshine.
Called briefly on my cousin DavidM - not seen him for nearly 30 years, although I did ride past his house when I rode JOGLE in 2005
Edit-no signal so sent later

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Over 800 miles completed now. Today was one of rolling roads beside lochs including Ness. Rhododendrons, heathers, red squirrel (dead), heathers, gorse, more siskins and lapwings.
Foreign motorbikes and camper vans were ubiquitous.
Mega climb out of Drum-na-drochit, 750 feet in 3K but then a 40mph descent.
Next two days are only fifty miles or so each - they will feel like rest days!

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Great ride with a really tough climb (I think the first 'chevrons' on the map since Devon) - fantastic views, but quite a bit of traffic.
[JoeC - we went to the bike shop that mended your gears .. just to use the track pump - the bloke didn't recognise me]

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The sleepy town of Dingwall is alive with a film crew - lights, action, the whole bit. It's a film called A Lonely Place to Die and has Melissa George (whoever she may be) in it. Jon lurked about looking for a part as an extra, but they had already cast 962 bystanders and there was no need for the 963rd.
Shorter day tomorrow and we see the sea again, just have to keep it on the right.

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At Bridge of Orchy [JoeC - Aussie staff gone, East Europeans have taken over]
Some real long drags of climbs but nothing very steep - and a 4 mile long descent to the lunch stop. Rannoch Moor & Glencoe next to Ft William.

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Siskins outside as we had breakfast with views of the Loch. Around the
west and north shores before a climb to a plateau and then to the
highest point of the trip just outside Tyndrum. Three miles of
freewheeling to the Bridge of Orchy for an early lunch.

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