Thinking back to yesterday, 5:00 pm, with Tony on the phone to the folks who should have received our box of bike gear but didn’t…they were supposed to email us if it came in. They hadn’t. It wasn’t a showstopper but it was certainly going to complicate things. Within about 15 seconds into the call he was bouncing about doing a Scottish jig and making haggis jokes. The box had arrived just minutes before the call.
We Easyjetted it Inverness and were reunited with our bikes and box. The Ticket To Ride folks were so happy too. The website says ‘No bikes or luggage ever lost” . Still a true story…at least not lost for good! They had worked very hard to find it. We catch a van to John O’Groats tomorrow and the cycling begins in earnest on Monday.
Inverness was stunning in the glorious sun! Followed by torrential rain, thunder and lightning, and glorious sun! I think we are going to get wet…
No sign of Nessy.
No Scottish fiddle music tonight. Instead we happened upon the University of Glasgow – Kelvin Chamber Orchestra at the Catholic Cathedral. 42 students playing Schubert, Mendelssohn, Rossini and Beethoven. It was incredibly well played. It made us both wish we’d started on fiddle and cello much sooner.
M.
Those tires on those bikes look like they’ll go ’round and round’, ’round and round’, ’round and round’… all day long… 🙂