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We are a dad and daughter team biking from Lands End in mid May and hopefully ending 18 days and 1000 miles later in John O'Groats. Chris been training rides in the Chiltern hills, whilst Louise (who lives in Amsterdam) has had to make do with flatter terrain. We are doing this for the challenge and to raise money for the brilliant work of Thembalitsha UK. To sponsor us please click here.

Monday 1 June 2009

Day 16

Today was always going to be a tough one with a 63 mile ride into the Scottish Highlands. It's turned out to be the hottest day of the year up here which is very different to the low cloud and horizontal rain we were expecting at this stage of the trip. Our biggest concern was the 13 mile ascent to the top of Drumochter Pass which is both remote and high. However Colin & Liz, our hosts for our stay tonight in Newtonmore, very kindly drove over to take our luggage - taking Scottish hospitality to a new level and enabling us to tackle the hills with considerably lighter bikes ... thank you. Fabulous scenery, snow on the mountain tops and a herd of deer made this a memorable day.
Distance from Lands End 777 miles ... Even a perfect number!

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  1. Anonymous2 June 2009 at 00:02

    You two are an inspiration! I wonder how many revolutions your little leggies have turned so far?! Perhaps you could work out how many per hour?!
    Not far to go - hope the last few days go well.
    love
    Sally & Mark

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