Day thirteen 1462km down 56km to go

I would like to firstly apologise for the poor internet service in our hostel last night as the blog did not update. The hostel was very nice however and supplied us with a well needed mattress before the next two days of hard slog to John o'Groats.

After eventually leaving Inverness, due to the fact me, Will and Charlotte consumed 1100 calories of McDonalds breakfast each!!!! We headed off towards the black isle which is joined to inverness via a bridge. After crossing the bridge we managed to stumble across a brewery offering free tours and all though we were early, we were taken around by a very nice scottish lady and then allowed to try a few before heading on our way.

To leave the black isles we decided to hop on a wee ferry across to the mainland.

The crossing only takes 15mins and is so popular we almost couldn't fit on.

After disembarking our private ferry we headed off in search of the A9 as we knew it would be a quieter road after leaving all the major cities. The picture below is of a very happy Will and Charlotte as we had just spotted the first sign post for John o'Groats 89miles away (we are now only 34miles away). 

The day has ended on the final bit of road we will use as we will now follow the A99 up to the  top as it follows the coast nearly the whole way. It also offers some   amazing views of the sea as well as some ridiculous hill climbs up hills in and out of towns, which were made worse by the strong head winds most of the day.

We managed to find a lovely clearing in the woods at the side of the road so have made camp for the night out of the wind amongst the trees. Only 1 day left how exciting!!!!! Night.