Finally the last day, set off at 7:30, after the worst nights sleep yet, the B&B had a party of 8 workmen arrived at 2am from Ayrshire, not the quietest arrival, the land lady was most apologetic.
There is quite a tough 4.5 mile climb out of Helmsdale and then a very steep climb out of Berriedale, still managed to negotiate these, I was now confident that I could go the whole trip without having to push. The terrain was then undulating and I got to Wick, 35 miles up the road by 10. Now I had said to Hilary that I wouldn't be at John O'Groats until 1 so I stopped at Wick for cup of tea as I only had 17 miles to go.
I rang Hilary when I was 2 miles from John O'Groats as I still hadn't seen her pass me in the car and sure enough she was still about an hour away, I was an hour early and arrived at John O' Groats, jubilant and relieved at 12 noon exactly.
It was the best picnic I've ever had.
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