Day 4 Scottish C2C

Hello dear reader,

Well, I am still alive, and my feet are raring to go! I have decided to ditch the faithful Brasher boots, and try my new boots to see if they can help. Farewell my old faithfuls. You served me well, across the lakes atop almost every peak and to the top of Kilimanjaro. I shall have to give them a proper burial when I get back!

Today was a 15 mile walk along Loch Ness, or so I thought! it turned out I was expected to climb steadily 1000 feet into the sky, which I simply could not understand as I signed up to this gig on the understanding the only climbing I would be doing was the 4200 feet up Ben Nevis! Oh well, I suppose every cloud has a silver lining, as the views were spectacular. I just didn't expect to be poking my head actually into that cloud at the same time! Oh and by the way, there was definately no silver lining I could see. I think that is an old wife's tale. Well, here is one of the views I got of Loch Ness at last.











Of course Rufus went swimming a few times, but you wouldn't expect anything else by now would you reader?










The day ended with an excrutiatingly painful hobble down to see Urquart Castle on the shores of the Loch. Imagine my surprise. It was just a pile of bricks and you had to pay £14 to get in, and they didn't allow dogs! Well, dog is definately not man's best friend up here folks. Anyway, I resorted to that great Scottish tradition of not paying, and simply standing on the wall that said "Please, do not stand on the wall" to get a view of the pile of bricks. Here is it in all it's glory!











Tomorrw is the last stage to cross Scotland from coast to coast, and I am told the hardest yet. I know I will have to climb 1500 feet, and walk over 20 miles, so I do not expect to arrive in Inverness until well after 6pm. I shall not be updating on whether I made it and also climbed Ben Nevis until Saturday night, so for now, goodnight dear reader. X