Great breakfast from the b&b then hit the road 8ish. I'd brought a map book of the Wild Atlantic Way with me, but decided to offload it at the B&B for future guests. I was really pleased it was overcast, so a bit cooler.
I’m the morning I met Andrea who is competing in the TAWR along with her husband; they are riding their own races. Andrea has been camping each night. We had a great early lunch together at Glenveagh national park. Later on down the road I met her again – her gear cable had snapped. She had brought a spare cable and was going to have a go at the repair. Later on I saw she had checked in at a nearby campsite so I hope all went ok.
Later on I bumped into Tomas, a cycle courier from London riding a very nice Canyon bike.
And then later on at the top of a pass I met Joshua from Sydney. He had set up a bivvy but was giving up on the camp spot as he was being attacked by midges.
We rode on through the countryside at night – good fun.
Joshua was tired and decided to bivvy in the verge at the side of the road. I had to get the miles in so rode until quite late and then eventually found a spot to camp. I put on my midge head net (SO glad I bought it!) got into the bivvy bag and even without airmat or pillow I soon fell asleep.
