Day 35 - Ullapool to Kinlochervie - 95kms

Mountains, lochs, rain and a reinforced double brick wall that Henley reckon he hit 1/2 way to Kinlochervie made for scenic if challenging riding as we inched closer to achieving our epic end to end !

We timed our exit of Ullapool beautifully for the onset of rain & although not heavy stayed with us for nearly the entire ride. Climbing became the norm as we entered and exited glacial valleys created by ice some 20000 years ago - tourist notes indicated a likely return of such conditions im the future and I reckon based on todays wind chill you
might only have to wait a week or two.

Not overly worried about the conditions, as Winton reminded us "what do expect when you're riding so close to the arctic"-, I had time to take in the incredibly wild and beautiful scenery of the Scottish Highlands

Some scenery I had to guess at as mist covered Mtns and rain splattered glasses made it difficult to see anything at all and I had glasses unlike KH who went down hills covering his face!

Lunch was a warm bowl of Soup at Kylesku with KH using the hand dryer to warm up his wet gear. Of the scenery after lunch KH remembers little in fact when I found him in a semi comatose state it was cycling past our accommodation (id arrived 30 mins prior)
at Kinlochervie despite the fact that I'd left my bike and panniers outside as a visual reminder.

Wild scenery on the way to Kinlcohervie

This then required me to go off racing after KH as he cycled into the distance - having to
ring him to get him to stop as he answered the phone i rode up along side him.
When asked why he'd missed the bike KH replied
"I'm knackered and all I can see is bitumen"!

A shower, a cuppa and some dinner soon revived the poor fellow enough to hopefully get him over the line and importantly celebrate his 64th birthday in 2 days time!

2500 kms gone and just over 200kms to go!