Ullapool

Did not find a place to stay so I stocked up on food and headed out.  See a sign for John 'o Groats and noting it is the tourist route and 170 miles.  My jump off point the Orkney Islands is 20 miles less and I'm taking a ?stort? cut.  Stopping along the road for a break I found midgies or they found me.  I find that my handlebar has come loose so it moves and not the tire.  Tighten the handlebars at top of the next hill and that is a good thing as I hit 40 miles an hour going off the other side.  Only three mile up the road I found a good camping site.  It was a race to setup the tent with the midgies moving in for dinner.  Midgies are the highland version of the no-see-um with the lasses needing a drop of blood for their second round of eggs.  And they are known to show up in large groups.  Wind and rain keep midgies away so I don't know what to hope for.
3 miles
Love & kisses
Steve