LEJOG Day 15 (Monday) (Martin)

Gentle start from Dunkeld in lightish drizzle, past Pitlochry to Blair Atholl. Peter and Martin sampled Blair Castle which they much enjoyed. Peter noted that the Castle encompassed much that was good and bad about Scottish history. Martin enjoyed the priceless grandfather clock in the Great Drawing Room, made by Mr Stewart of Dunkeld in 1859. The rubric said "This clock plays well known songs every hour but is a little temperamental, as a result of which the songs are occasionally unrecognisable."

On to the famous Bruar retail and food centre which elicited from Richard the comment "This is really like 'wow!'". Money changed hands.

Noses were then lowered to front mudguards as we climbed to the top of the Drumochter Pass, then cruised down the fastest run of our entire trip into the Spey Valley and Newtonmore. "Cresta on wheels", Smith was heard to mutter. 762 miles done, approx 150 to go. The lads are beginning to believe we might actually make it.