27 April 2011

This weekend - after a rather stressful and busy return to work - I will start to write my report about my trip and will add photos and details regarding the route I took. I very much hope this will interest any other CWT 'ers' out there. Anything to avoid the Royal Wedding (you might be thinking), although with no T.V. I would not be watching it anyway!
I have downloaded about 400 photos and 7 video clips, and will select some of these for this blog.

For now, here are a few selected photos:



Heading towards Shenevall Bothy from Ullapool

Today, after several very solitary days when I was lucky to see even a human footprint, I encountered about 40 people doing a "Mountain Marathon" from Ullapool. I stopped some of them (the more tired ones who weren't looking as if they were going to win!) and asked them to take a photo of me.

On another day, on the way to Kinlochlewe, I came across a very un-timid flock of red deer. I kept expecting them to run away, but they just stood still, watched my every move, and seemed curious enough to want to follow me as I left them. Amazing. I felt very lucky undeed.

This last photo (FOR TODAY!!) is taken on 24th April as I approached the summit of Gleann a' Chaorainn and started the final descent to Glenfinnan (and so-called civilisation). It seemed a long and arduous descent and I was reminded that the last mile of a long walk is nearly always the hardest. Of course I was tired, but my pack was the lightest of the whole trip, as I had run out of food and fuel.

It rained for most of the day, apart from when I was de-camping, and I considered myself to be remarkable lucky.