The Hardest Race In The World - The Strathpuffer

THE TRIP & TALES
As we loaded up the MountainBikingScotland.com Team Van (my wife's Scenic with the back seats out) our anticipation and excitement of the road trip ahead was hard to contain.
As usual I had packed 2 0f everything and a spare one just in case, filling more than half of the space in the boot, whereas Ross had 3 bags and a sleeping bag for the whole trip.

We wound our way North past Perth and onwards as the wind blew harder and all around us was getting colder, snowier and icier!! Was this the shape of things to come?
After two and a half hours of pointing in a Northerly we pulled into the Ralia Cafe on the A9 for a bowl of the best tomato soup I have tasted in ages and a double shot 'milky one' to set us up for the final furlong.

Dingwall was passed and onto Strathpeffer to the Ben Wyvis Hotel where after checking in and heading to the bar we heard the rumour that due to the high winds the campsite was closed and that the registration had moved to the Community Center. After a beer or two we dashed up but found it closed, so we got back to the bar as quick as we could to hear the tale that there would be an announcement at 7am out side the Square Wheels shop.
Find out what happened tomorrow.....

Tony Haresign
Mountain Biking Scotland
"Get Out of the Woods!"