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Day 11, the last long day! 80 miles from dingwall to somewhere a few miles north of Latheron! It's very remote this far north, rain, wind, oil rigs on the horizon!

Last day tomorrow, 35 miles left. Its been a funny day today, both keith & I were low in spirits this morning, so close to the end but still with 80miles to do in the day! Spirits were up n down all day n took a big dive after turning left when we were met by a strong head wind and a mixture of hail & rain!

Anyway we got through it and I will sleep well knowing that its a short one tomorrow ;-)

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