I also wear rain pants and rain gloves, but my feet remain wet, even after changing shoes and socks. The only good news is a tailwind. Spectacular green hillsides, and cliffs plunging to the North Sea. Reminiscent of the Big Sur on the California coast. At Helmsdale the road falls to the water.
Rain stops but low clouds remain.
Cow jam on A9 stops traffic. Bridge over Dornoch Firth, dedicated in 1991 by the Queen Mum, saves me precious distance. Noel Blackham had to walk around the firth in 1988. I take a local road from Tain to Alness, getting away from the traffic. Evergreen trees, in addition to moors and farmland.