Weather window of opportunity.

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Whoopee wifi. After leaving Tyndrum I was only a few miles into Glencoe when I got the foccer salute from a red Fazer. Although I acknowledge oncoming bikers I don't really study headlamp configurations, so if the Glencoe red Fazer rider is reading this, apologies and thanks. As Mr.Red predicted there were numerous photo stops, none of which I'll bother attempting to post as I'm just crap at technology. Stopped off at Spean Bridge and spent some time at the Commando memorial. Pressed on to Inverness in blazing sunshine, making my overnight stop on Monday at Brora. A nice enough site but miles from a pub. Was awake early Tues. morning, and left that campsite at 6. They must have loved the unbaffled SP Eng can emitting reveille. By 7.30 I'd made it up to John O, the morning sea mist developed into light rain, the wind increasing accordingly. Managed to park the Faze under the sign, although this was a bit tricky as it's surrounded by quite deep gravel. Tried to take the necessary pics which was hampered by the shit conditions. Then made for Dunnet Head the true northern point, gassed up in Thurso before gassing myself up at the harbour workers caff at Scrabster. Blow out meal for £5.60. Cracked on past Dounreay nuclear power station, having just watched the Cherbobyl programme I got the hell past there asap. Pressed on west Tongue, Durness, Laxford Bridge, Scourie,Unapool, then did a right onto the B869 taking the tricky way to Lochinver. Mr.Red had tipped a campsite in Ullapool, so made the necessary phonecall and it was on the pipe to Ullapool. Tent up, pub called.
Today left the campsite about 7am south down the A835 before doing a right to Gairloch and on to Kinlochewe for brekkie. Bought an obligatory NC500 sticker and whizzed on to Sheildaig turning right for the naggery section to Applecross calling in at the Walled Garden tearooms, for coffee. Fock 'em I'm a rebel. Then down to Lochcarron for a cuppa. From there back to the campsite via Achnasheen,Gorstan and Ullapool. Tomorrows weather other than where I am is totally shite, so will stay in the pub that I'm currently in and have a chillout day,before leaving for home on Friday, hopefully taking in 2 venues Mr.Red visited, the Kelpies and The Wheel before making for Hawick and the Steve Hislop memorial.