We woke this morning to have this view from our bedroom window, when we arrived yesterday the sea mist had obliterated it.
In complete contrast to yesterday’s inland ride, today’s was mostly coastal and very tough because of the steep climbs. To give you some idea here is the elevation data from our guide book.
It was a real pleasure to be looking down on the Atlantic Ocean seawater in the Kyle of Tongue and to watch the tiny looking vehicles crossing the causeway.
The Bay of Tongue has several islands within it.
It wasn’t long before we couldn’t resist stopping again to look at the fantastic seascape.
Nearing the top of a climb at around 8 miles at Glen Borgie we checked our maps after seeing this sign. …..
It was aother climb up to Bettyhill and we wondered about the history of this building on the way up.
We often like to look at the hill we have just climbed and it never ceases to amaze us!
Today the sky was blue but the ocean was even bluer!
A little further on we had a reminder of how near we are to finishing this adventure.
Dropping down to a more level ride towards Thurso, the land became flatter with fields full of sheep.
Something we have never seen before was the thousands of stone slabs which are used to enclose fields and gardens in this area which look eerily like headstones!
We completed today’s ride at Thurso our B & B for the night.
Last ride tomorrow!
Total distance today: 44 miles
Total hill climbs: 3060ft
