Day 6: Glenfarg to Inverness

Woo Hoo, I can't believe that we have completed day 6. Yet another 120+ miles in the bag. Yet another hundred weight of porridge consumed. Yet another 7 litres of high carb liquids drank. Yet another dose of delirium setting in at the 90 mile mark. Yet another corner shops worth of ceral bars eaten etc. etc.

This, our penultimate day started very pleasantly at Donald and Barbara's with a veritable feast laid on of, yes you guessed it, porridge. In their defence they did offer the full cooked breakfast experience but the ogre in the group, (me) said NO we will resist. This was to the chagrin of Dave who did looked quite depressed. A compromise was reached and toast and coffee was expertly prepared.

Riding started at 8:00 am and for once we were treated to a long downhill through forest in the cold and beautiful early morning sunshine. Once again 30 miles came and went fairly quickly but this being our 6th day, the spectre of fatigue was only round the corner.

Perth was the first major town we encountered and what a lovely town it is. We then followed the river Tay to Pitlochry through some stunning scenery. This was by now the furthest north anybody in the group had been.

The hardest part of the day was having to cycle against a 10 mph head-wind again. For anybody who has been on a bike recently you would know how much harder it makes it. On top of this we had to go over the Drumochter Pass (1400 ft). Not a problem normally but with the head-wind a pain in the a**. This extra effort made the next 50 miles hard-work and we all had to dig deep to complete the day.

The last section was made up of 10 miles of flowing downhill which we, as a peloton were able to achieve an average of 38 mph. A peloton is when you group together very closely so we resembled a 3 headed, six wheeled beast!

I have to say I can't wait to see Mr John O'Groats and shake his hand. Immediately after I just might set fire to my bike.

Stats for the day:

Miles - 123
Average speed 16.1
Top speed 42.7 - Greg