Day 13 Crianlarich to Fort William

56.9 miles in 280 mins

Today we had a goodly amount of downhill and, as the well known saying goes: what goes down must already have gone up. We climbed up onto Rannoch Moor in the morning, from where we were able to get spectacular views and espy eerie dintant peaks through the gaps in the patchy cloud. We ate lunch at the kingshouse hotel at the top of glen coe on the far side of rannoch. Now, hitherto, when wishing to partake in our luncheon of pre-made sandwiches, we had entered a pub, bought a drink (one of their finest real ales for myself and naturally nothing other than a diet coke for Oliver) and then we were permitted to sit at one of their tables and eat the aforementionned sandwiches. Here, however this was not to be allowed, which was a shame...

Anyway, after that, we embarked on an 8.8 mile downhill stretch through glen coe (there were a couple of short flat stretches in that, but effectively continuous downhill). This was much fun. the rest of the trip to glen nevis was uneventful, but when we got to the youth hostel, Oliver made flapjacks, which will be good.