{"id":763,"date":"2019-07-24T18:25:10","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T18:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/?p=763"},"modified":"2019-07-24T18:25:10","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T18:25:10","slug":"a-monster-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/2019\/07\/24\/a-monster-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"A monster walk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 98 of the End to End was into monster territory. It started in Bunloit above Loch Ness and continued in what was at times like a sauna: very hot and humid. Even on this short mostly downhill section there were some distractions: more large fungi by the Way and Rocky Road from Sue&#8217;s Cake Shed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/dsc_2157-653827476.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/dsc_2157-653827476.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-761 alignnone size-full\" width=\"2204\" height=\"3920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/dsc_2157-653827476.jpg 2204w, https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/dsc_2157-653827476-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/dsc_2157-653827476-768x1366.jpg 768w, https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/dsc_2157-653827476-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/dsc_2157-653827476-1200x2134.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAt the gate (this gate featured in a video on Bob&#8217;s walk), I turned left onto a path through woodland down to Lewiston. Bob met me and we had some Rocky Road for 11s at the picnic tables by the bridge. I then walked onto the village of Drumnadrochit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC_2172-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC_2172-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-762 alignnone size-full\" width=\"3920\" height=\"2204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC_2172-1.jpg 3920w, https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC_2172-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC_2172-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC_2172-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC_2172-1-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As we noted on a previous visits it&#8217;s a thriving place thanks to the various sightings of the famed Loch Ness Monster and its associated celebrity industry. Most of the businesses on the main street claim a monster relationship of some kind.<\/p>\n<p>We tried the fish and chips and found them very good (actually Bob had the haggis). To my mind, fish and chips is the ideal End to End food. It&#8217;s British,  you can get it almost anywhere and the calories in a portion will get you from one end of the day to the next.<br \/>\nIt was enough to get me to the end of what was a downhill and flat stage, but I didn&#8217;t win any prizes for it. I stopped at the point where the Great Glen Way leaves the A82 opposite the Loch Ness RNLI Station, leaving the ascent for tomorrow.<br \/>\nThe sign on leaving Drumnadrochit announces that it is 14 miles to Inverness.<\/p>\n<p>From John&#8217;s Gospel<br \/>\n<i><br \/>\nJesus said &#8216;I am the gate for the sheep&#8217;.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The Way so far has had plenty of gates, some open, some closed, some easier to open or close than others. What is the purpose of a gate, other than to go through it? If Jesus is the gate then it&#8217;s not for us to take up gatekeeping.<\/p>\n<p><b>God grant us a quiet night and a peaceful end. <\/b><\/p>\n<p>JAL 24.07.2019<br \/>\nDay 98 of the End to End from Bunloit to just past Drumnadrochit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 98 of the End to End was into monster territory. It started in Bunloit above Loch Ness and continued in what was at times like a sauna: very hot and humid. Even on this short mostly downhill section there were some distractions: more large fungi by the Way and Rocky Road from Sue&#8217;s Cake &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/2019\/07\/24\/a-monster-walk\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A monster walk&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=763"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":764,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763\/revisions\/764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}