Left Dumfries 9.30 after a wonderful breakfast from our hosts (Jen and Dave's friends). Damian was sick in the night so not good prep for the long drive upto wick but as the day went on he has got better. Jen also suffering with her neck probably brought on by being the van for so long will have to take it easy tomorrow. Dave is just stiff as usual which is a bit embarrassing for the rest of the group (as usual)... It took us just over 9 hours to drive to wick arriving at 18:45 to Elsbeth the lovely b&b lady. The accommodation in wick is lovely ( www.theclachan.co.uk ) she has setup our breakfast for 7.15. The drive upto Wick showed us the roads we would be cycling down well at least for the next 1.5 days and there are some long climbs and one very steep and very long hill which we all just used some choice words about when we seen it. We are all just wanting to get on with it now and in a few hours time we will be. We are aiming to start around 9ish tomorrow as we think the miles tomorrow are going to be nearer 100 than the 88 miles we planned. We will update tomorrow on how accurate our plan really was. we are sat in Weatherspoons now having our dinner and will be heading for a an early night to get ourselves ready. Here goes and we will update you tomorrow. The Smiley Milers. P.S. We have also seen that people are still sponsoring us and we are now likely to be in the region of £11k raised...just fantastic!
The Final Update
16 years ago
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Just thought i would make a belated comment as you have none on this page. Will you look as fit and healthy as this when you arrive?
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