Home at last

Facebook friends will have been able to follow the days since I stopped carrying the laptop; sorry to everyone else!

I got to John O'Groats about 1440h yesterday, took some pictures then got on the coach to Inverness with the early finishers, having been up since 4am. I then met up with Maria and the boys at the hotel, got clean (at last!) and into some decent clothes before meeting up with the other LEJoG folks for dinner and (a few) drinks.

This morning there were many goodbyes after breakfast, then I got my bike and Alan's onto the car so we could get back to Glasgow. We got home about 1730h and I'm just chilling with the boys while Maria is out at TKD.

There are loads of photos on my Facebook profile which I've uploaded over the last few days. I'll see what I can add here.

Some brief stats for now:
Distance: 966 miles
Days: 9 days
Punctures: 0
Bike faults: 0 (I don't count a sticky shoe cleat which was easily remedied and was due to a 25 mile blast during the 2nd stage of day 9).
Injuries: A bit of sunburn and some midge bites
Highs: Day 6 in Glasgow was nice as I saw the boys; Also day 3 when I figured out what group riding was about
Lows: Day 5 leaving Lancaster due to the rain and traffic; Day 8 up to Lairg due to the wind and an unfortunate cold rain shower at the stop of a hill prior to a freezing 3 mile decent (brrrr)

Home and away

Having lunch in Calderglen Park, and about to meet up with Maria and the kids in Glasgow. I've taken the rack off the bike to get some more speed and so it's been a fast morning into East Kilbride from Glasgow. I'm also handing the laptop to Maria later as it's more of a pain than a help - Facebook may be the main place for updates for a bit.

More midges and camping tonight unfortunately - I hope the showers are better than a tepid dribble!