Kilometres Walked : Wednesday – 14.2, Thursday – 14.8, Flights Climbed – 37.

Thursday 3rd August, 2023.

Yesterday was a slow recovery day after Ben Nevis. Just a stroll into town for coffee and scones😋, then an afternoon walk to the Ben Nevis Distillery to sample the local Whisky🥃. Yet somehow we still managed to clock up over 14 kilometres!

With today’s original plan cancelled much to our disappointment we opted to do another hike in the Nevis range. Originally we had planned to go aboard the Jacobite Steam Train and traverse across the Glenfinnan Viaduct to Mallaig on the coast and back. As you can imagine we were very excited to only be very disappointed that the Train has been cancelled for several weeks due to safety issues ☹️. So we donned the boots again and hiked the Cow Hill trail across from Ben Nevis.

Starting with panoramic views over Loch Linnhe and Fort William, then rolling green hills with fields of pretty purple heather picture framing cute stucco cottages, we were mesmerised from the beginning. With an extra summit track added in we then had even more fabulous views over the Loch and hills.

Finishing off with walking through the magical pine forests where the fairies were hiding amongst the mossy mounds lining the path we thoroughly enjoyed the serenity of a quiet path.

Picking up a box of shortbread on the way back to our cottage we put the kettle on and put our feet up🥱.