Bowling Along

This was by far in a way the best day. We started off from Tyndrum in grey mood to match the grey morning, but as we walked, the mist began to clear and there were patches of blue sky. We headed over the path by the road and railway and Ben Dorain's classic concave slope appeared before us. Wow!

Down to Bridge of Orchy, where Ronan and Kat decided that they would take the bus up to the Kingshouse Hotel. Kat was keen to preserve what were left of her knees for finishing her walk into Kinlochleven the next day. Ronan was keen to find an excuse for taking it easy! The four of us who remained headed over the hill to Inveroran, where we had lunch on the grass opposite the hotel, though made use of the hotel for drinks and toilets.

Then it was over the edge of Rannoch Moor and the four of us just bowled along. At one stage the track was wide enough for us to walk four abreast and that we found was the fastest formation. When you are walking in line astern, it is easy to drop back a bit but when you are in line abeam, you do your best to keep the line. Freja was in front, of course, and much happier in this good weather. We stopped at Ba Bridge and dangled our hot feet in the water. This would have been where we would have camped and a glorious spot it would have been, but we had decided to push on to Kingshouse, where Ronan's and Kat's kit was being taken.

So we were ahead of schdule when we arrived, very weary but quite elated and pitched camp just over the river from the hotel. There was a bit of a breeze, so no midges (Kingshouse is renowned for its midges!). And Ronan and I had our first, and what became our only, camp-cooked meal.