List of Lists

Before our brains turn to mush, here's how we rated various aspects of the big bike ride.
All lists are rated from lowest to highest

Days' Ride;
1 Redruth - Okehampton. Hard work and very painful morning (many punctures).
2 Combwich - Cheltenham. Hot, with a steady E headwind all day.
3 Tarporley - Kendal. Very urban, plus nearly wiped out by lady in Lancaster.
4 Crawdford - Tarbet. Getting through Glasgow (no map) but Loch Lomond superb.
5 Brora - John o'Groats. Squally, wind from North (hard work!).
6 Okehampton- Combwich. Out of the hills!
7 Cheltenahm - Tarporley. Fantastic distance, very hot
8 Fort Augustus - Brora. Scenery and speed through Glen Convnth, but cold & wet feet.
9 Kendal - Crawford. Shap in the still of the morning, getting into Scotland.
10 Tarbet - Fort Augustus. An amazing day's cycling.

B&B Accomodation
1 Tarporley. Deeply scary pub, room with collapsing furniture, and clingfilm curtains
2 Tarbet. Dogular smells, no TV, no breakfast (but they did our washing)
3 Crawford. His & hers tattoos
4 Okehampton. Noisy locals, but excellent scrambled egg for breakfast
5 Redruth. Bike left outside
6 Fort Augustus. Very homely, lots of books, host from Roytson Vasey
7 Kendal. Lovely Pam spun my washing and was very interested in the China thing
8 Wick. Great hosts, super loaction
9 Brora. Very comfortable, awesome breakfast, washing machine, real coffee!
Not included: one night with my brother's family and one night at our respective homes

Dinners
1 Crawford. Grim dinner at the truckstop
2 Redruth. Curry that took an age to arrive but very good onion bhajees
3 Kendal. Very average but pricey chinese
4 Fort Augustus. Too much food (Nick's enormous portion(!))
5 Okehampton. Huge bucket of(very nice) soup took the edge off the fish & chips
6 Wick. So-so curry
7 Brora. Italian, fresh and tasaty but we had to ask 5 times for the bill
8 Tarbet. Highland specialities
9 Tarporley. Very good Asian/fusion

... special award in the entertainment category for the Panini stop at Larkhall