We saved the best until last. The rain kept away, the sun shone at times and the wind was favourable.
The route north up to the coast was truly spectacular. We loved every second of it and have so many photos as a result.
Once we hit the coast and headed east, the wind was on our back. To say that we smashed it home is an understatement. We all had PBs and the 6 of us were in Strava's all time top 10s for multiple segments in the run in to John O'Groats (sorry, we are all Strava bores now, but this means it was a good thing!). We turned up at the John O'Groats sign exhausted - not because we had all ridden close to 1000 miles in 9 days, but because we had treated the last 30 miles as a time trial! It was a great way to end a great trip.
This was an experience not to forget (or probably repeat). We prepared well for it. We all got on well. We all rode as hard as we could. No one let anyone else down and we were incredibly well supported every moment of the way by Mick.
We were so lucky to have been able to do it and we are each in massive debt to our families - no doubt we will be paying them back for months, but it was worth every turn of the pedals.
Thank you for following, and thank you so much for donating. It has been awesome.
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| A glorious run in |
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| Stunning when the sun shone |
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| The team shot we all worked so hard for |
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| Even the warm prosecco tasted good |
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