Woke up feeling refreshed to perfect blue skies and sunshine. Crawled out of the tent to see where we had actually ended up. Pretty awesome. We'd ended up next to a little cove surrounded by rolling lush green and clear sparkling blue ocean! After eating just a bit of dried fruit for breakfast (instant energy), we packed up the tents and decided to cycle south back towards Castlebay, where the ferry had dropped us off the previous night. There we got some string to try and fix my pannier rack (which managed to snap on the very first night ). We then cycled further south to the island of Vatersay, now connected to Barra by a short causeway. It was here that I encountered the first climb, 12.5%. being brand new to my new shoes and
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