We had a wonderful evening at Kevin and Linda's who very kindly hosted and provided a great dinner, with our first joined up food for a long time. Well theirs, of course I've been having mine all the way through. As well as Fran we had the company of John and Jennifer and the five of them joined us today. Thanks for your company all.
Our 'trekker hut' (same principal, slightly different facilities) afforded good accommodation and after a decent nights sleep we woke to some light rain and the prospect of breakfast at The Green Welly.
The Green Welly is a petrol station that has grown into a tourist attraction, with restaurant, snack bar and gift shops, now on the tourism route, and visited by coaches. They provided a good breakfast, and with a happy dad, we set off up the hill to cross the the border into Argyle and Bute.
Many thanks to the Ward family from Sheffield for their contribution.
The climb was relatively minor, and soon levelled out to a pleasant military road (perceived by Gen.Wade but implemented by Gen. Caulfield in the mid eighteenth century) which took us all the way into our destination for the day at Bridge of Orchy. Fantastic views all the way, and as an old friend of mum's used to say 'there's not much sky in The Highlands', how right he was. Just a 7 mile hop today, slight slip in the planning but no great problem, and after waving off the gang we have had a quiet afternoon reading the Sunday papers.
In the absence of anything else noteworthy, Fran told us of her friend, who on finding her tumble dryer smoking from the rear, rang the fire brigade. She explained that she had unplugged it and all seemed to be OK but that she wanted some advice on what to do next. 'Oh,' said the fireman 'We don't give advice love, we just come' Five minutes later she had 2 fully staffed engines on the doorstep!
Over Rannoch Moor tomorrow - mum's read that it used to be inhabited by bears and is convinced that we are going to see some. She seems to have ignored the fact that there also used to be wolves! Hey ho.
Keep spreading the word.
M
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Sorry no pics again, fingers crossed for tomorrow!
Venture on to a moor, just watch for the bodies naked or not. There must be a lot of lost souls out on the moors keep your eye on those two madge!
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