Day 4 — TGOC 2025 — cold / warm / not so nice but with a great ending (25 km, 750 am, 6:30 hours)

I started relatively early this morning to make sure I would make it in time to buy supplies in Fort Augustus.

Very cold and misty in the morning! I walked through an old forest following a small path up … till it ended and then 5km through boggy terrain … very exhausting.

The sun came at around noon and showed the not so beautiful path following massive power lines and clear cuts.

That was the view a large part of my day today

… but it also went through a nice forrest at the end

But I had a rendezvous today which boosted my motivation — a shop, a restaurant, and a (well actually 2) beer … and later on with a bunkbed in a room staffed with a shower and toilette 🥳.

Fort Augustus with the caledonian canal and several bars / restaurants is a nice little place, but overrun by tourist buses filled with asians, mainland europeans and americans.