Rob Roy MacGregor –
His life and times – The book that inspired the film. That was the title of the book that the
landlady of the B&B handed me as we checked in at the end of today’s
walk. As well as being very helpful with
directing us to all the facilities in the house, she just happened to have a
book on Rob Roy of whom I had never heard, but had been intrigued to know who
was. The reason being that we had spent
the last two days passing Rob Roy Cave, Rob Roy view, Rob Roy Prison and so
on. I didn’t have time to read the book,
I don’t even have time to keep up with this blog each day, but it appears that
Rob Roy was some kind of revolutionary folklore hero in these parts. One day I will read the book to find out what
he did in his cave, who he kept in the prison, what he looked at from his
view and which midge cream he found to be most effective.
The walk today was much easier than yesterday as we passed
by the various reminders of Rob Roy. It
was still pretty up and down, but nothing like the scramble of yesterday. However, most importantly, it was actually dry
and even at times a little hot. This
helped to dry out the sodden boots and damp socks that I started the day in,
despite them having spent the night in the drying room. As we walked the final remnants of the West
Highland Way, there was a steady stream of walkers heading in the opposite
direction. It was clear that there is a
very multicultural mix of people who walk the Way, most of whom seem to be the
impeccably polite Germans, along with a few French, Spannish and we saw one
Scot, complete with kilt.
As we neared the end of the walk we turned away from the
shores of the beautiful Loch Lomond and headed into more rolling highlands. We pushed on eager to reach our destination
and on arrival I realised that a day spent in damp boots and socks had brought
on a small blister on my foot. I guess I
was due one, having escaped trouble free so far and quite honestly I’ve spent
far too much time talking about the state of Tim’s feet in the last week. Incidentally, Tim’s left foot is starting to look
a bit more normal and he says it doesn’t hurt too bad. Having the correct size boots seems to be
helping.
Tim at the shores of Loch Lomond on a rare dry day. No sign of Rob Roy.
Statistics
Distance: 20.1 Miles
Moving Time: 7 Hours 06 Mins
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