Inverie
May 14th
And so it was that we woke up comfortably. After a comfortable breakfast it was time to catch a comfortbale lift to the comfortable village of Inverie to catch a semi comforable ferry to Mallaig. We were offered a lift in one of Britains success stories and a short time later we were in the very centre of Inverie ... with some time to kill.
Hitchhiking on Knoydart
We sat in the dock of the bay, watching the ships roll in.. well ship. Not the typically rollon-rolloff ferry, as the low tide prevented the use of the pier. It was more of a hopoff-jumping in Ferry. After about 8 runs up and down most of us were on board and we set out on the long journey to Mallaig (30 minutes).
We had beautiful views back to the Estate and the mountain pass we struggled through a day earlier.
The hop-in-jump-off ferry from Inverie to Mallaig
With the first bit of rain, most passengers went inside, but me, born in a sea going nation, stood firm at the wooden mast, which I planned to cut in case of emergency.
View back on Inverie, the Estate and Meall Buidhe and Meall Bhasiter.
Back in Mallaig, we topped up our chocolade supply, checked for trains towards Morar and then decided to walk, which is usually quicker these days. Somewhere halfway, when the rain caught up with us again, I used my good looks to hitchhike. I got a lift in a huge Mercedes estate from a kind lady, picked up Tomoki's car and returned to pick up Brice and Tomoki, who were left behind in the rain of course.
Glennfinnan and Loch Shiel
We then left for Edinburgh, which we guessed was more entertaining during cold weather.
A short stop at Loch Shiel provided some extra nice pictures. Further on the way to Fort William we got a clear view of Ben Nevis, covered in Snow.
Ben Nevis with fresh snow
We had a lot of annoying sunshine all the way to Edingburgh. Wasn't easy to find a camping space, but Tomoki drove expertly until we found one on the other side of the city.
Excellent camping for the less adventurous. The one thing missing was a socket to recharge the digital camera's and some attempts were made to change that using a Swiss army knife on a powered socket.
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