Today's stats: 11.7 miles, 430' elevation gain, 390' elevation loss
A couple of firsts today...it was raining when we started, it rained for the entire 11.7 miles and we did not stop until we got the Fort Augustus. The good news...the very strong wind was at our backs.
The B&B gave us a ride back to the trail this morning so we were able to avoid the heavily trafficked road. We walked along the Caledonia Canal for about a mile before heading inland a little for,several miles along an abandoned railroad right of way. All of the ties and tracks had been removed and crushed gravel had been laid done and compressed. It was great walking. After that we went back to canal side and a gravel track which was not as easy as the rail track but still quite good. We followed the canal into Fort Augustus. It poured rain and was very windy for the last 3-4 miles. We passed many people headed in the opposite direction (into the wind) and they all looked and sounded miserable.
We arrived in town 90 minutes before we could check in at the B&B so we went into one of the restaurants for a hot lunch and to begin to dry off. I carried a change of shirts for Peg so she was able to change tops and socks in the restroom.
We are now at the southern end of Loch Ness so before checking into the B&B we purchased tickets for an hour boat ride touring the southern end of the lake. We got our room and both took very long hot showers. The boat tour was a nice ending to a good but soggy day.
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