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Published: September 22nd 2007
We woke up a little late today. I was intending to go running this morning, but either my alarm didn't go off or I pretended in half-sleep that it
hadn't gone off. Went grocery shopping with the German road bikers that were sharing our room, then headed up to Glen Coe to hike Hidden Valley. This was the 1st time that I had gotten to hike in the Glen, so I was really excited!
Though it rained most of the hike, it was never too heavy. Fine Scottish weather. The pictures probably tell the story better than I could.
The hike only took a few hours, then we drove up to Glenfinnan. This is the site where Bonnie Prince Charles called the Highlanders to rise up against the English in the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745. People still talk about it. Hiked up the short trail to the top of the hill to photograph Loch Shiel, only to find that the trail back down was now blocked by a large buck. He acknowledged my presence, then continued about his business.
That night we headed out to dinner in Ft Willy and local Scotch/beers at a very lively pub called
More Hidden Valley
Some of the Highland clans would raid lowland villages, then bring the stolen cattle up the side of the glen to Hidden Valley, which naturally can't be seen from within the glen itself.the Grog and Gruel. The girl at the hostel (we were now staying at the other one, way up the hill) told us how to find it by drawing a large pig head on our map. I could tell she had done this a number of times, as the pig head was quite amazing. Sure enough, it's hard to miss the protruding snout above The Grog's front door. I spoke for a while with the Canadian girl who was bartending, she had just started working there about a week ago. She still seemed a little culture-shocked by working in a Scottish Pub, so we shared working experiences. Good times.
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