Day 11 – Inverness to Tongue – In to the Wilderness

Our penultimate day took us from Inverness and towards Tongue on the north coast of Scotland. We started by joining the A9 and quickly turned off on to some minor roads heading towards Lairg over the Bonar Bridge.

Near the Falls of Shin we encountered a collie wandering along the road. John decided to ring his bell at the dog, a tactic which turned the dog in to a ravage beast. Not wanting to be torn to pieces by the animal we pushed our tired legs to the max as we sprinted away from it’s snarling teeth.

We then headed in to the middle of nowhere an incredibly beautiful and quiet part of the World. In this wilderness we stumbled across the Crask Inn where we met some fellow LEJOGers. These chaps had a 1,200 mile route which they were taking three weeks to complete. Like us they expect to arrive at John ‘o Groats tomorrow.

After a spot of lunch we continued on the single track road to the village of Tongue where we will spend the night before heading out on our final day of cycling.