Wow

What can I say? Not a bad place to kip. No blog entry last night because there was no signal up at the lighthouse.

Yesterday was obviously my lucky day. I rode up to the lighthouse. Parked up. Decided to reposition the bike and promptly dropped it. Stupid. All the roads I've been riding on and I drop it then. Managed to get enough leverage so it was a slow descent with no damage. Tried to lift the bike but it kept slipping on the gravel every time the frame came up off the ground. Went to the lighthouse for help. They'd gone out, leaving the door open and a note for me telling me where my room was (yes really)! Was worried because I had just filled up and petrol was seeping out of the filler cap. What happened at that moment at the end of a remote road in the middle of nowhere? Four bikers arrived! 30 seconds later the bike was securely on its stand. Apparently the exact same thing had happened to them earlier.

So I got to sleep in the lighthouse. And it was great. I watched a beautiful sunset with the lighthouse in the foreground. Chickens running around, great walks to go on. Beautiful views. Great food. Lovely people. I could have stayed on. But I have set the ambitious target of John O'Groats today. Don't expect many blog entries! That's a lot of riding.

By the way, it's sunny again!