Oooft! Today was a long one! 21miles from Drumnadrochit to Invershnecky (Inverness).
It started on the main road (A82) footpath with lots of fast traffic terrifying the dog. Then as the path cut off the main road, I tripped over a step and the dog water bottle went flying out of my rucksack and ricocheting off the ground while I crumpled to heap! Poor Winnie, who was just clambering under a gate, freaked out, stood up, knock the gate off its hinges and bolted away up the path! Thankfully we were both okay! The path climbed away from the road up through a field into the forest. We climbed up 1,245 ft to the viewpoint clearing, took a photo and cruised on through the woods.
The rest of the walk took us through more woods, across a moor, through another forestry commission road then down an overgrown path, onto a road past some houses then over another moor, through a mixed forest and down into Inverness!
I passed a few people but it was a very quiet path with not many views to report. Thankfully I love trees and there was a huge variety of species, each with a different quality of light penetrating to the ground which looked like a green velvet carpet in some areas and barren rough terrain in others.
Once in Inverness we passed through a small estate, along the Caledonian Canal briefly then down to the River. The island we passed through had lamps like those in Narnia and lights strung between them. Oh the romance!
Would be nice for a romantic trip back here in the future!
The path left the River and headed up to the finish at the castle! Woop woop we made it!
Thanks to Claire for being my support vehicle and welcoming me at the end with a pear cider and a bowl of water for Winnie! Once reunited with Candy we got a team photo taken at the finish post!

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