Day 8: Fort William to Glencoe

  I am up and on the road by 08.15 and leaving Fort William with a full tummy from last nights left over rice. The last two days I’ve been ploughing on through the really bad weather produced from this passing hurricane and I’m relieved that it seems...

Day 6: Drumnadrochit to Glengarry

Awake at dawn, with barely any sleep, I had a long and scenic day ahead starting from Dumnadrochit. Running alongside Loch Ness, I popped on my Nessie hat and set off early. The sun wasn’t long up and the wind blowing over the loch helped take my mind off the...

Day 5: Connon bridge to Drumnadrochit and Loch Ness

It’s a horrible thing to lay all night in agony acutely awake listening to the voices in the dark corners of my mind taunting me in other painful ways. I’m screaming in fury at my luck.. cursing the gods.. the realisation.. I’m finished.. all the...

Day 4: Tain to Connon Bridge : My fears worsen.

Day 4:Turns out to be a long and arduous day full of pain and worry…. woke up with a very very swollen and obviously more damaged foot than previously hoped for and suspected.. I try my best to stamp any negative doubts and worrys to the deepest darkest parts of...