The good old A9 goes on and on!
RIDE TIME; 6 HOURS 6 MINS
MILEAGE; 92.5
AVG SPEED; 15.15
Started early just about to turn off and the girls passed us and beeped, seems they had a problem with the indicators on the van, just the connection so we sprayed it with GT85 and headed out towards Perth, got a bit lost around here, picked up the A9 again at Bankfoot the first few miles were quite flat with sunshine, started to climb the Grampian mountains, climb after climb after climb with the wind against us, started to get tired and missed the turning that we were going to take for lunch. Andy hit Robs rear wheel and managed to stay upright on the bike AGAIN but it seems we were jinxed on this bit of the ride as Rob hit my rear wheel and feel off in the middle of the A9, I was shouting at him to get up out of the fast lane of the duel carriageway, we were so lucky that nothing was coming as he would of been run over for sure! Robs tyre popped off the rim and he bent the rear mech as well, Rob has managed to graze his bum! We must of climbed for over 2 hours gradual then we dropped into Delwhinnie for lunch we met 2 ladies doing end to end who were in their 60's they had started the week before us but with no helmets! Followed map into Newtonmore but had trouble finding the campsite, it turned out that we had missed it 2.5 miles back!!! Today was one of the hardest days we have had so far.
What a stunning campsite we found right in the middle of the Highlands, INVERHAVON is a must if ever you are travelling this way, £23.20 per night - not cheap but worth the price for the surroundings!
Not much in Newtonmore at all, we did find a Co-op for some shopping. Be warned, the pubs dont serve alcohol till 12.30pm on a Sunday!
Boys arrived around 4ish and it just started to drizzle, we cant moan, the sun has followed us up from Lands End all the way.
Tracy
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