Saturday, December 11, 2004

Maps… Were on our way.

Aaah while on the phone to my folks back in Australia this morning the postie dropped my maps through the door. Two ‘footprint’ maps of the West Highland Way and the Great Glen Way are now in my hands. They are strip maps showing the trail and a little on each side with notes and mile markers.

Im glad to see the mile markers on the trail as it helps planning immensly. One thing I was thinking of was using these footprint maps to knockout a kind of ‘data book’ ala the AT, so I can see at a glance what streams and roads etc are coming up at what intervals…

Im kind of dissappointed that the GGW has lots of road walking, most of the trail infact, is a stone gravel path (it is also a cycle path with slight detours/separations for cyclists and walkers)…

But, it looks like I can wildcamp all of the GGW, which is good.

The other good bit is with these maps it looks like I can make my own detours. The highest point of the GGW is 1210ft and circumnavigates around Carn na Leitire (1424ft), I might instead, go straight over instead of around.

On the downside, although I will be going through the forsest next to Loch Lochy and Lock Ness, right on the shoreline is a major road that runs from Glasgow to Inverness… I will be back from the road by a fair bit, and hopefully higher to get good views but.... what a pain, The planners need to be shot. They should have put a road alongside the loch on one side, not both sides of the lochs!!!

Ohwell.

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Wai!

Went up the street this morning. Scouts were begging for money aka packing your shopping bags for you and waiting with sad ass eyes for you to give them your coppers (well they wanted pounds but i gave coppers!).

bought a traditional meat pie from the bakers. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..... loveing it.

wanted to get a small 35cl / 50cl bottle of my fav whisky but I havnt been able to find it anywhere… Tried Sainsburys, Somerfield, a proper bottle shop.. nothing. nada…

ohwell, I have a few other places to try before I go to brand number 2 (laphroig or ardbeg).

On a better note, my fiancee rocks up in 5 days!!! oooh Im so excited! Its gonna be a great christmas I think. Looks like the snow will stay away this year, so no white christmas… just a lot of frost and fog..

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