Day 85 of the End to End sees me join the West Highland Way at Inversnaid. It’s going to be a wet one, but then this part of the West of Scotland does have a high annual rain fall, lots of lochs to fill and temperate rain forest to water.
It’s not my first trek on this part of the WHW. The year after Bob’s End to End we all did some small sections from Balmaha including most of this bit.
This morning I left Tarbert on the Waterbus at 10am for Inversnaid. The other folks on board were mostly from a coach party and the tour guide entertained us as we crossed the Loch with stories of Rob Roy.
At Inversnaid hotel I decided to have some hot chocolate before setting off, which turned out to be a good plan. I knew it was a challenging route but with the rain as well it was twice as demanding. But it was also very beautiful with low clouds decorating the hills and frogs hopping in the puddles at my feet.
Bob set off from Beinglas and we met at the Doune bothy for a snack. It was a meeting point for all nations as many walkers arrived there for a rest and some shelter from the weather. Whilst we sat there we got a surprise phone call from Hannah who was in the process of changing trains and stations at Glasgow.
It was a further two rather wet hours down the WHW to Beinglas where we got some lovely soup in the bar to warm us up.
At Tyndrum our new accommodation is a Posh Pod and very comfy and dry it is too.
God grant us a quiet night and a peaceful end.
JAL 09.07.2019
Day 85 of the End to End, Inversnaid to Beinglas on the WHW
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