The rain let up only sporadically last night and we left in a steady, gusty rain at 8:20. At first the wind was at our backs but after a mile or so it was pretty much directly in our faces. We were pretty well covered up and I did have some dry clothes in the day pack if needed.
We travelled across the wilds of Rannoch Moor, the most desolate part of Scotland. There is no habitation in a 50 square mile area. We followed General Wades military road which was built in the 1700s and has been somewhat maintained for the West Highland Way. There were several miles of cobblestone trail that was very slippery and tough on the feet. It rained for the entire hike but at least it was never a pouring rain.
We didn't stop at all and arrived at the hotel about 12:30. It was too early to check in but they had a drying room where we were able to change out of our wet clothes and change into the dry ones. We went into the bar and ate the bagged lunch we purchased at the Inveroran Hotel and had a beer and a glass of wine. We were able to get into the room about 1:30 and Peg took a long hot bath. Our luggage arrived at 2:30. Still no wifi; probably not until Wednesday in Fort William.
Tomorrow is another short day to Kinlochleven.
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