Day 7 Fort William to Tain

All in high spirits as we set off today. Breakfast at Rhu Mhor guest house was the best yet. Our host dressed in a kilt took our orders and made me think how much I miss the dry Scottish sense of humour.....
Host ' what would you like for breakfast'
Marco ' I'd like a softly poached egg '
Host ' You're chancing your luck, she's ( his mother) 86 so you'll take what you're given'

We all laughed but breakfast was excellent. So off we set for what some of us thought was one of our short days ( only 97 miles) - the captain knew what was coming though. 50 miles of up and down before a very long 15 % climb and that was the easy part of the day.

The weather changed at about 4 to being very windy and misty rain and we had got to the east coast of Scotland crossing the Moray Firth. The last 25 miles from Dingwall was painful both mentally and physically riding into a head wind the whole time. Everyone taking a turn at the front and all of us counting down the miles.
I think it's fair to say we were all relieved to finish and to think that we only have 85 miles tomorrow.... Then the captain mentioned that tomorrow will be a seriously hard day... Oh oh
Well we'll see???