THE FINAL POST

Hey guys! This is the last post I will/plan to do on the Top-2-Bottom blog, so thanks for following us and I hope it provided you with some entertainment!

I hope you can enjoy the images above, these were all taken on my SLR which i carried on the whole trip in a pan to keep it safe, it was not always easy to get it out of the panniers, but we did it, and everytime we did this always ended up being a 45 minute stop instead of a 5 minute, while we explored our surroundings, took on water and ate!

I don't really know what to write on the final post, but all I can say is I absolutely loved the trip and would love to do it again in a quicker time! Instead of rambling on I'm just going to list a few of things that really stick out to me about the trip:

1: Explaining Bastard to canadians on the train
2: unsalted nuts, raisens & chocolate raisens & andy nuts
3: Tesco value, white choc & Strawberry cereal bars
4: the AMAZING scenery in scotland
5: LOCHS
6: THE BIGGEST & STEAPEST HILL I HAVE EVER SCENE & TRAVELED UP! (were talking first gear for cars)
7: Side ways rain!
8: Night cycling (in rain, up hill)
9: The 4.30am arrival in fort william
10: A fresh Lemon as midgy repelant (NOT RECOMENDED)
11: The pure bliss of AVONSOSOFT as the midgy go (RECOMENDED)
12: Leaving a note to the campsite owners on an innertube in pissing down rain
13: The immense full english in FortWilliam (with square sausage/haggis)
14: My pannier dropping off!
15: The quick fix of the pannier using brown tape lasting the whole journey!
16: Andy's knee warmers (clever)
17: Jonnys smelly helmet
18: Jonnys snoring
19: Camping rough in the village green and being woke up by people walking to work
20: Avocado
21: My Dads delivery of Vanilla slices
22: The amazing flat road that went for around 20 miles leading to bridgwater
23: Jonnys bike snapping in half
24: Our awful diet of full englishes, vanilla slices, mcdonalds and snickers duos!
25: Jonnys kilo of chilly sauce on his bacon butty!
26: Andy's lowest gear!
27: Andy's puncturless tyres
28: The severn bridge
29: The bodmin sign
30: Numb fingers (which i still have)

Finally there are a few thank you's I have to say:
1. Thank you to EVERYBODY who has sponsered us! It means a lot to me, and I'm sure the money will be put to good use within the Neurosurgical Department.
2. Thanks to all those nice FRIENDLY people who talked to us on route and recomended alternative routes to get a nicer ride, every single bit of advice made for a great ride! Talking to strangers is the future!
3. Thanks to my DAD for bringing us the ULTIMATE vanilla slice!
4. Thanks to all of those campsites that were understanding when we turned up in the early hours of the morning!
5. Thanks to all the guys in Newquay for setting everything up for us so that we could literally just dive into bed upon arrival!
6. Last but not least a MASSIVE thanks to Jonny and Andy for making the ride possible, providing some great laughs and memories that will last my life time! Seriously guys reflecting back on it, it was a great mission and wouldn't have been the same without you!
7. THANK YOU JESSY WADEY FOR DRIVING US HOME THROUGH THE NIGHT AND STAYING AWAKE WHILE WE ALL FELL ASLEEP! THAT WAS A HEROIC EFFORT!