We both slept well and went down for breakfast at 8:00. We decided to do a short section of the start of the West Highland Way as we wanted to get used to the trail signage and trail conditions. Great plan as about 1 1/2 miles into the hike I made a wrong turn and we ended up with a 1 1/4 miles out and back detour. No harm; that's why the trial. We did about 3 1/2 miles of the correct trail and headed back to town. At Peg's direction I took pictures of many wild flowers and to no ones surprise she could name most of them. Weather wise we had a very mixed bag: sunny and warm, sunny, breezy and cold, warm drizzle, cold and windy drizzle, and a very cold and windy downpour, all within a 90 minutes span. I'm convinced the the slogan "if you don't like the weather here wait 10 minutes" originated here.
Before we left home we tried to find a waterproof case for the IPad that I could hang around my neck so we didn't have to keep removing it from the backpack. No luck but we found the perfect one here in the small local convenience store. It will also hold the map.
We walked around town for a little bit and took some cultivated flower pictures and also found a bistro that had a small conservancy where they serve dinner. It was really neat. We may try it tonight.
We are both anxious to get started on the first of our two big treks tomorrow morning. We are learning not to even ask about the weather as it is so changeable and we are prepared for whatever we get.
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