The West Highland Way, May 2011
Day Five: Tyndrum to Kingshouse - 18 miles
Wet, Wet, Wet was one group I didn't listen to today. But a good walk all the same. Imagine this with views!
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So long it takes three maps.
From Bridge of Orchy we head round the Black Mount to Rannoch Moor and the Kingshouse Hotel, before getting the bus back to Tyndrum due to a lack of accomodation at Kingshouse. |
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A night before picture. Pool sharks! |
And the morning dawned wet again. |
Leaving Tyndrum |
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Weather not much better. In fact not any better! |
Almost clearing up a little. |
Weather maybe not clearing up much at all. |
Bridge of Orchy. In the pub before it even started serving beer - what use is that? At least it was dry (boom boom). |
River Orchy. Thank goodness there was a bridge |
Aforementioned bridge over the River Orchy. |
Up the shoulder of Mam Carraigh. Apparently it can be wet on this bit of the walk! |
Iain nobly carrying my rucksack. He didn't do that all the way. |
The great outdoors. Looking back down the track from the cairn at the 61 miles point. Another mile to the pub. |
Inveroran. A pub that was selling beer. |
Off we go again |
On Telfords old military road heading for the Black Mount. |
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Telford may well have designed the bridge over this river too. |
I think this looks to Stob a'Choire Odhair, but it was a bit wet to be sure |
Another "back down the track" view |
And the way forward. Thankfully we weren't going over Meall a'Bhuiridh today. |
The views really did make it all worthwhile. Rannoch Moor is over there. |
Save and drying if not overly warm, Kingshouse. |
And after a refreshment the weather didn't seem as bad. First view of Buachaille Etive Mor and Glen Coe |
Heading off for the bus |
Very tame |
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This hill seems to get into a lot of pictures! |
The extra 1/3rd if a mile up to the road end for the bus. |
Sheltering. Note Stewart's walking sticks, which spent the night there. |
Still waiting. And there's that hill again. |
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