Today was the tale of two very different hikes. This morning we left Rowardennan at about 9:15 and arrived in Inversnaid about 12:45. The trail was smooth and very well graded and we cruised. We had lunch in a picnic area near the Hotel Inversnaid very close to Loch Lomond. The lunch packed by the folks at Anchorage Cottage was the best yet.
We had been told that the stretch from Inversnaid to Ardlui was the hardest stretch of the West Highland Way and I sure hope they were right as it was some of the toughest hiking I have done and was very hard on Peg with all of the rock stepping both with steep ups and downs. As hard as it was the scenery was great; nothing super dramatic just general beauty. (Pete Wuelfing should never do this hike as one stage would take him a week for all of the picture taking). But we made it and that hot shower and glass of wine was a great reward.
The Ardlui Hotel is an the western side of Loch Lomond so we had to catch a ferry across the loch. You signal the ferry by raising a buoy on a flag pole. It worked! We are now at dinner and will soon be retiring for the evening.
We have hiked almost the entire length of Loch Lomond. Loch Lomond is the largest area of fresh water in Britian; 23 miles long and up to 5 miles wide. Its southern end is dotted with most of the 38 islands which have been lived on at one time or another.
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