It was surprisingly tough … on the map it looked rather easy … but no paths for a good part of the walk and on top of that additional deer fences.
Anyway, took me 7:30 hours for around 30km and about 800 altitude meters. Feet are fine and the new backpack wears OK.
Weather was exceptionally good … sunshine pretty much the whole day … cold (8 degrees) but I walked the entire day just in a 👕.
I found a very nice campsite right beside the river … there are sheep around including there „shit“, but that is part of outdoor camping.
There is no cellphone reception , and therefore this report will
be delayed by one or possibly even two days.
Tomorrow is the crossing of the Carn Eighe range planned (2.600 altitude meters 😱), but depending on the weather I may decide to drop down earlier or to even go around.
The Inverinate Estate (250 km2!!) by the way is owned by the Ruler of Dubai for over 20 years already.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverinate – interesting what you find out.
🚶♂️ : 1 (Walkers met)
🦌 : >20 (Deer seen)
What did I learn today?
While I have done the TGOC / Crossing three times already starting again (from different locations and walking different routes) is always an unknown and is scary and exciting at the same time — just like starting another company. I may have done that several times in the past, but it is never the same and there are always different issues.
If there is no path there is likely a deer pass … animals pick the easiest route which is often not the most direct one. Again, startups should look for the most direct path for success / proving that the problem that they are trying to tackle really exists and is worth solving. But that requires to understand what the easiest pathway is, which is often not the most obvious one.
Magic Moments:
Some of you know that I have a brewing & distilling degree from HWU in Edinburgh and that I am very interested especially in the craft segment. So my first magic moment was walking by and talking to the owner / brewer of the PLOCKTON BREWERY … 300m after I departed. Nice guy!
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