Day 33 - Kearshader to FivePenny - 97kms

Stone circle at Callanish

Despite one Winton McCol wishing Hebridean weather conditions of biblical proportion after indicating you can't ride the OHs in sunny weather - we completed the full distance of the Outer Hebrides arriving in the quaintly named village of fivepenny at 5pm and thx to Winton wet and tired after battling headwinds for most of the leg.

We left Kearshader early with no breakfast and with the likelihood of nothing being open for the day because of the Islands strict observance of the Sabbath.

After 35 kms we arrived at the historic site of Callinish with the observant KH ("what sign" - "what rocks") wondering why people and coaches were stopping.

This site of stone circles believed to be 5000 yrs old is 2nd only to Stonehenge bringing ones own lifetime into perspective.

Fading without breakfast KH came to the rescue sharing a roll a scone and a banana although at exceptionally high interest rates

Thankfully we found shortly after the one and only hotel on the Island open on a Sunday and promptly made up for the missing calories.

Late rain and wind made the remainder of the journey difficult although having read about
potential conditions prior to coming we were happy to have come through mainly unscathed (fingers crossed for the remaining 50 km ride bike to Stornaway tomorrow)

It was a good feeling arriving at FivePenny knowing that we'd cycled the length of the Outer
Hebrides over the past 3 days taking on board so much wonderful scenery.

The b&b owner seeing our wet and bedraggled state could not have been more friendly preparing a massive dinner that even the ravenous KH could not finish. In a moment of sheer madness I encouraged KH to eat his share of baked beans and now expect to suffer the dire consequences later on tonight!

Only 350kms to go to complete the end to end ride and this person can't wait!