Lejog day 16 inverness to lairg

I forgot the stats yesterday. Distance 80km average 17kph cumulative 1320km. Back to today. Cold blustery f5 ne wind made the kessock bridge alarming and the the ride out to cromarty a real pain into the wind. The black isle was lovely but ill probably only remember the wind. Pizza at a nice cafe in cromarty before getting the ferry over to nigg. The smallest ricketyest car ferry i have been on and all the better for it. The photo below should show it. It was rolling around in a 1m swell and had trouble getting the ramp to hold on the slip. The two cars that it can hold went on gingerly as the ramp was up and down with the waves. We had to time perfect bike human leaps to make sure our feet stayed dry. The cars were then turned on a turntable. Best ferry ive been on. More windward work before a tea stop in tain and then a nice loch side beam reach to bonar bridge. Along this section all the cycling finally altered sarahs brain and she now thinks all sheep bleat "graaaeme" in declaration of their undying love for me. Bit of a drag from bonar bridge up to lairg but the kyles of sutherland were nice. I hadnt realised how much we had to ascend to get to lairg so found it mentally tough when i just wanted to finish. Not sure how far we would have got on our trip if the wind had blown like this every day. Devon? Anyway v nice room in lairg which is rightly proud to be home to the largest one day lamb sale in europe. Wooyaay. Road kill update: our first alive lejog hedgehog scuttered into the track as we walked back to our b&b. North coast tomorrow hopefully. Dude! distance 98km average 15kph cumulative 1418