A long and winding road ...

We caught the 7am bus from Glasgow, arriving around 9am at Bridge of Orchy to begin our 3-day walk to Fort William on the West Highland Way. A short, steep climb levelled off and put us on an undulating path, from which we had a great view of Loch Tulla and beyond before arriving 2 miles later at the Inverornan Hotel where we had breakfast in the sunshine.
3/4 mile further on, we crossed the Victoria Bridge arriving at the start of the old Drover's Road to Glencoe, which is probably Scotland's most famous and most scenic Highland Glen and whose mountains are built from some of the oldest sedimentary & volcanic strata in the world.
This old Parliamentary Road designed for carts and horses can be a bit sore on the feet at times, but the magnificent views such as those of Clach Leathad and Meall a' Bhuiridh in the blip, soon take your mind off your aches.
At this point it rained for about 15 minutes, but was heavy enough to warrant putting on all the wet weather gear, which was taken off just as quickly when the rain stopped as it was a warm day and had the same effect as being in a sauna. This leg of the walk to Kingshouse is 10 miles long and takes you across Rannoch Moor, which is indeed as bleak close up as it looks from the A82 road, but is relatively flat. There were at least 8 other walkers of different nationalities on the same route and everyone is friendly and looking for a few minutes chat which can be very interesting and breaks the monotony. Once past the ski lift we crossed the A82 and walked down to the Kingshouse hotel where we spent the night.
After a really good meal of venison casserole, chosen from a wide ranging menu, as it was a lovely clear, warm evening, we strolled along the banks of the river again enjoying chatting to various other walkers. As night fell around 10pm, there wasn't a cloud in the sky, but absolutely hundreds of stars.