A pleasant sleep was had by all, despite Paul `Scouse`s` phone getting damp and ending up looking like the ring from the horror film of the same name.
The A9 up to John O`Groats went smoothly. Once there we got some good photos, a few including the Motorcycle News (MCN) to send on to them to hopefully be included in there next issue.
The Pauls where very impressed with Scotland so far and Caithness showing is beautiful side in the sun. However I knew the good views where only just starting, as I had been over the top of Scotland in February before after a spot of Snowboarding on Glen Coe, I drove the opposite way we were taking today, so knew what to expect.
Back on the road and after being reassured by bikers coming the other way not to worry about fuel, as we were worried about the distance between fuel stops, we pressed on to Durness where I was the only one to stop and fill up, as I like to know I've got a full tank, then we ploughed on to down the West coast to Ullapool through a spatter of rain.
With tiredness kicking in I spotted a campsite near Loch Canaird shoreline with a beautiful view. Reception was closed till 9am the next morning, so we pitched up anyway with the usual plan to be away early.
It was decided that it might be a good idea to have an open fire so I swooped of to the nearest garage in Ullapool to grab a large bag of fire kindling as the nearest wood to hand was the benches which we reckoned would be a tad anti-social of us to use. By the time I got back however the rain had caught up with us so the open fire plan was scrapped till the next day. None the less Scouse managed to rustle up an omelette for everyone which was very welcome, top fella.
Around 10pm silence fell then like roaring train the expected storm front that one of the locals had informed us about, pounced our tents and tried its best to wrap them around our ears till 5am.
I managed to get some sleep but Paul unfortunately only got an hour, so looking a bit white and haggard in the morning. We packed up only having some chocolate for breakfast and headed to the Petrol station to start Day 5 proper.
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