Day 7 - tongue to stromness

Bit of a beach fire whisky session last night with a swiss cyclist and a fat german. At least the german produced a full bottle of talisker that we seriously dented. Fairly relaxed start with lovely campsite running couple helping and fueled by porridge we set off for bettyhill. The nice southerly wind disappeared to leave a chill north easterly. After lunch it became apparent we needed to push on to make the ferry. First real soaking saw us to dounreay and the drag continued to thurso. It became a real push. Good ferry ride to orkney and stromness is as scenic as ever. 53 miles 11mph.