P in the wild

Rowardennan to Inverarnan.

Day 3 was similar to day 2 in that it was a long and undulating loch-side walk.

Day 3 was worse than day 2 in that on day 2 I had drank a whole beer and that gave me a hangover.

Seriously.

So at the first possible chance I had to fix that.

Shoutout to Bocsa Bean for having ready to eat bananas.

The coffee helped wake me up, the banana replenished some potassium, but it was probably the walking that actually fixed me.

Or maybe it was the sweets from the honesty box.

Paused for a moment at the WW2 memorial, thinking of all the Scottish lives lost.

And then it was on with the walk.

As mentioned in day 2 the loch-side walk was difficult. Not impossible, or anything I hadn’t done before, it’s just that it kept going with no real stops to break up the journey.

So I stopped at some of the waterfalls for a hydration break along the way.

It had rained just ever so slightly all morning,

but I was wearing a merino wool sun hoodie so I got away with it.

At some point the sun decided to join us, so I sat by the loch and let my feet air out for a bit.

The smell can’t have been that bad,

as a couple came over to do the same thing.

We had a nice view.

There were a few points where the path got quite close to the loch,

but mostly the walking was ok.

Eventually I reached the end of the loch, where a familiar face was making camp on the shore:

I don’t normally do fires when I’m camping, but the bugs were relentless so I understood. Plus this spot had fantastic views of the loch and surrounding hills. I would go on thinking about this camp site for days.

The trail started to become easier but by this point I was tired. The excitement of realising I only had 5km left meant I had started… skipping… along the trail. Which was fun, but it tired me out and I didn’t have the energy to smile when I got to camp.

Dinner fixed that.

Lochan Maol Dhuinne to Rowardennan: 1km

Rowardennan to Inverarnan: 22.5km