John OGroats to Wick

Today was a good day, we traveled up from Inverness to John O'Groats and then cycled back to Wick. It was the shortest distance of all the days but it was good to get started, have a look here for the cycled route today. Before we set off we enjoyed a nice breakfast in Wick then drove to the coldest place in the world (seemed like it anyway). We had our photos taken by a man in a booth next to the signpost, can't wait to see his brother at the other end. We then cycled the 16 miles back to Wick, the road was nice with gently rolling hills which is just what we needed to get us going. Colin got a small problem fixed with his saddle and in an hour 15 mins it was over, so we enjoyed the hostelries of Wick. We are booked into the Queens Hotel run by Peter and Sharon Sutherland and is very nice indeed.
The donations keep coming in and we both thank you all for that, this is going to make such a big difference to two important charities. You should all be so proud.
We are now going down for dinner then I'm sure there will be some more fluid intake but not too much as tomorrow is 68 miles long, clear heads needed.

Here's us just starting off from John O'Groats

More tomorrow when we've been a bit further.