Hello bloggers,
Ed and I are currently sat in Fort William's library and are feeling extremely pleased with ourselves as we have just completed the west highland way. Eight days of beautiful breathtaking scenery and magnificent mountains. Wow wow wow. I highly recommend doing it as a holiday to anyone! The highlands really are a magical place to be.
We are both feeling happy and healthy - no injuries, no blisters. We are, however, both peppered in midge bites. We spent one night camping on Rannoch Moor and it was fine until the morning when we woke up to very still weather and our tent absolutely shrouded in a black mist of midges. Horrendous. To top it off as well I had a very bad stomach that morning and had to do my business on the moor asap that morning. Where we camped was quiet and out of view of passing walkers (which were bound to be few at that time in the morning) and so I whipped on my top, mosquito net, socks and boots and braved the midges. Now my bottom and nether regions are absolutely covered in bites and are rather itchy and sore. Nice. Nat, you would have absolutely hated it!
On the plus side of things we have some amazing pictures which we will put up on here eventually!
So...~2 more weeks of walking to go! How exciting! Am feeling on top of the world that we've made it so far. Looking forward to our day off tomorrow, will be good to rest the joints. Have definitely got fitter and stronger as the pack doesn't feel that heavy anymore!
Loch
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