Lands End to John O Groats Challenge

The last week and the wonderful British weather

Well, here we are in Oban on the sunny coast of Scotland ..... except of course if you have been watching the news, it isn't sunny

Over the last few days we have experienced the tail end of the hurricane that crossed from the USA, and it has been extremely wet and windy.  Paul is getting on well in difficult circumstances and we have been staying close providing dry clothes and help whenever necessary.

We have been through some wonderful countryside, but unfortunately havent been able to appreciate it due to the low cloud and driving rain.

Thank you to the kind B&B owners who have contributed to the cause by making generous donations.  Thats something we didnt expect.

Probably one of the most frustrating periods was between Slaidburn and Carlisle when I think Paul had three or four punctures.  Two of them were within 100 yards of the guest house in Carlisle, and soon afterwards we had to purchase a new front tyre.  We were lucky as it was Sunday and we managed to find a Halfrauds that was open.

So as I type this (at the first Internet cafe I have managed to find for a week) Paul is on hos way from Loch Lomond and we are about to head back towards him from Oban.

The weather is looking slightly better today.  Its still raining but the wind has died down a little and I actually saw blue skies for a while earlier

Unfortunately my knees are still in a bit of pain and I have brised ribs from the accident which are painful.  I think it's a trip to the doctors when we get back to the Midlands :-)

Apologies for not updating the blog before, with the terrible weather we just couldnt get around some of the towns to find an internet cafe

We expect to be in John O'Groats on Saturday afternoon, and will then be driving back to the Midlands afterwards.   Hope to get on the internet again before then if we can find an internet cafe in the highlands!!

Hi .

{ 12:42, Thursday 15 September 2011 } { Posted by BEVS }

Hi there. Lovely to hear from you. I did wonder how it was all going what with the rotten weather and all.
hope you get the bruised ribs and stuff sorted soon mate. Sounds painful.

all the best.

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{ 12:19, Saturday 17 September 2011 } { Posted by moneypenny20 }

Glad Paul's beaten the weather. You possibly couldn't have had worse weather, such a shame but you've obviously had lots of support so congrats to both of you.