Saturday... Stage 15.. Helmsdale to John O'Groats, 53 miles, arrived to reception crowd at 1.30pm after 972 miles in the saddle. Lots of handshakes and hugs all roundand big thanks to Dan the Van Man. What next after collecting the sponsorship money? Well done all!

Friday ... Stage 14 Evanton to Helmsdale, 61 miles, torrential rain only stopped when fixing two punctures (John Campbell and Colin Grant), La Mirage later for best fish and chip supper. Happy and sad that tomorrow is the last day of the adventure!

Thursday ... Stage 13 Invergarry to Evanton, 56 miles, no Nessie sightings. D McColl mince n tatties for dinner so we're sure ok for a big night! Forecast poor for tomorrow but not far now!

Wednesday.. Stage 12..Taynuilt to Invergarry, 71 miles, 1 puncture (Colin Grant), Best cycle of trip through stunning scenery of Great Glen, plenty stops for essential snacks, juice and bananas, ready for big meal now and perhaps a beer!

Sunday .. Stage 10 ....Cumnock to Largs, 45 miles. Flag waving reception a big surprise at The George and photos with Les Ward and David Ennis, directors of Gillian's Saltire Appeal, big smiles and handshakes all round and a rest day on Monday!

Saturday... Stage 9 ...Carlisle to Cumnock, 87 miles into fierce head wind made for hard going and arrival at 8pm. 1 puncture (John Campbell again!0, wonderful hospitality courtesy of Cumnock Rugby Club, 3 of the gang on their camp beds in away team changing room!

Friday... Stage 8.... Lancaster to Carlisle, 70 miles, Shap summit at 1400 feet great fun coming down. Over the border on Saturday.

Thursday.... Stage 7: Chester to Lancaster, 78 miles, horrendous traffic to Runcorn bridge, compounded by a high speed blow out for John Campbell. Time in the pit 2 mins 20 secs, thanks to Colin Grant!

Following wind turned out to be westerly so big effort all round, but again, got here faster than the Romans!

Lake district tomorrow but sleep beckons, after obligatory rehydration!

Wednesday ... Wednesday 6pm Ludlow to Chester, it was pretty plain sailing today and we are back on schedule and no need for diversions.

The wind was with us and carried us through to Shrewsbury. It feels good to have got to Chester faster than the Romans!

There was a lot of helicopter activity today as the copters were heading to help flood-hit areas. It all went according to plan. We are staying in Chester tonight which is a beautiful Roman town.

Tuesday... Tuesday 6pm Bristol to Ludlow, 80 miles, successful reroute via Welsh border to avoid floods, encountered mega traffic on country lanes due to diversions. Rain forecast for next days. We are pleased because we have upped the ante today.

We were going west of the flooding but at one point we were only two miles away from Hereford. We are now staying at a travel lodge in Ludlow and the water is contaminated due to all the flooding problems. There was a mad rush to get bottles of water as the cycling is high energy and we need bottles for setting off Wednesday morning. The beer is fine though!

During our journey today, we saw waterlogged fields and rivers were all brown and right up to the edge. The important thing for us though is that we are back on schedule. We are planning to arrive in Largs on Sunday, setting off from Dumfries and returning up Largs Main Street about 5/6pm. Remember to come out and give us a wave!

We will have a day's rest on Monday and then head on the following stages to John O'Groats beginning on Tuesday of next week.

Monday...............

Latest...Monday 6pm Stage 4 Taunton to Bristol, 43 miles in torrential rain and headwind, thank you gore tex! Change of route plan due to major floods. We are heading to Wales on Tuesday.

Sunday..............

Latest... Sunday 6pm Stage 3 Okehampton to Taunton, 64 miles, again more steep ascents but worth the 45mph descents, all well and now enjoying the best of Somerset cider!

Saturday............

The Largs Wheelers have been blessed with good weather during the opening days of their cycle.

By 5pm on Saturday, the guys had reached Okehampton but are wondering about the coming days after mass flooding has hit England in recent days which has resulted in many problems on the roads.

Willie McNeil told largsandmillportnews.com: `We are doing well. We are at Okehampton. The weather has been fine. The flooding just missed Cornwall which was where we were yesterday and that was a really big stroke of luck. Hopefully our luck will last.

`On Friday we did Lands End to Newquay north of Dartmoor which is 65 miles. The last two days we have started at around 9.45am.` `Saturday was very hilly. We crossed the border between Cornwall and Devon about lunchtime. All in all that is about 130 miles over two days, 65 yesterday and 55 today. Tonight we are going for a beer and having something to eat. We are just watching the golf at the moment and relaxing.

`We could do with an update on the flooding situation. The plan is to get to Bath - and maybe do 90 miles in one day. The thing is we are wondering whether we should stay south with all the flooding that has been taking place.If it is still devastated, we won't be able to cycle anyway. It is better not to push it. We might stay in Taunton on Sunday night and then Taunton to Bath and split the 90 miles.

`We have made a goodstart and are averaging around 12-13 miles an hour, or around 60 miles after five hours on the saddle.`