These included a mixture of events and cultural significance -
- Our near disaster on day 1 attempting to get our bikes repaired prior to our ferry leaving !
- Cycling into the middle of a Viking festival in Voe in Shetland !
- Seeing the sun go down at 11.00p.m. and then come back up at bloody 4.00 a.m again Shetland
- Monika finding out that the Isle of Yell and the village of Twatt were aptly named
- Stumbling on to a community fish and chips night in Baltasound in Shetland ,!
- Seeing how little time it took for Monika to turn green on a ferry journey !
- Enjoying our 1 and only rest day in the Orkneys out of our 24 days traveled !
- Viewing the amazing 5,000 year old Skara Brae site
- Completing 115 kms in the gloom arriving exhausted n Lochmaddy !
- The ridiculously hard 55 kms into a 40+ mphr head wind in the Outer Hebrides
- The beautiful scenery on the Isle of Mull and on our journey from Oban through to Taerbet
- Our marathon effort cycling into New Luce
And finally Monika cycling across the finish on the beautifully wild Mull of Galloway - what a way to finish !
For Monika its a return to Australia to recover from her epic ride while for self I'm lucky enough to continue on the adventure trail meeting up with my good mate Kev as we head over to Croatia to commence our long distance cycle to Norway.
The Adventure and Blog continues !
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