Pitlochry -> Newtonmore
Made a breakfast of porridge after getting up at 7.30, and finished off the jar of jam.
Today was the first day in a while that we did not have to apply suncream. The weather was damp although it wasn’t too bad but we had out coats on most of the morning.
The terrain was very difficult between 7 and 25 miles, and at points we were travelling downhill at 7mph despite peddling hard because of a very strong headwind.
We had lots of stops and ate loads of peanuts up until the 25 mile mark, when it became predominatly fast downhill cycling.
Arrived in Newtonmore at 3pm and stopped off at the local shops for supplies before finding Strathspey mountain hostel and eating our lunch outside.
After having showers we watched some TV, eat 250g of spaghetti each, as well as lots of saussages, carrots, mushrooms, tomatoes etc! Quite filling.
Played a game of ‘take two’ with scrabble letters before heading off to bed at 11pm.
Distance: 45.3 miles [13.3 mph average] (Cumulative: 668 miles)
