Hello bloggers!
Today, Ed and I are walking from Beauly to Alness in the highlands. I think Ed could have stayed at Beauly for several days and spent a lot of money there as there was a tweed shop with rolls and rolls of different tweeds all raring to be crafted into jackets etc.
We are currently about half way through the day at a town called Dingwall. The pressure is on now - only ~12 days until we are due to finish but there has been an unexpected twist in the tale. It's not compulsory for me BUT the introductory week to the PhD course begins on 22nd Sep, which is ten days earlier than we've been planning our walk for. I would feel really awful missing this week out of principle so now Ed and I have decided to make some final changes to our walk. We have now planned to up our mileage as Ed is confident we can get to JOG in 8 days from now. We can get to Edinburgh two days after that and catch an earlier flight home. Ed has admitted it will be pushing it, so it really will be pushing it! But I feel confident that we can make it too. Plus, I'd really like to get back to start my course, even if it is the introductory week. It would be rubbish to begin the course feeling I've not attended everything - call me picky.
Spirits have been a bit lower the past few days as we're so close now yet so far. I'm starting to get a little homesick now too but am very excited about reaching the end! What a feeling it will be!
I shall lbe in touch as soon as we get to another library en route to let you know what we've finally decided on doing. In the meantime, wish us luck for the final push!
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