still 10miles to go Day Five

West Highland Way

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April 6th 2007
Friday Got up earlier today. Noticed Nick had pitched his tent next to mine again during the night. Spoke to the guys i meet over the week and said my goodbyes. Left at 7.15am. Today was the shortest day of walking this week, but also one of the hardest. Had a bit of trouble getting out of Kinlochleven and when i did escape it was again a steep climb. Stopped a few times, and I knew it was go ... read more

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