A bit along the first path this ghillie passed us, on his way to take some people out stalking deer.
We caught up with them a couple of times later on. They had seen a few deer on the hills but, even with binoculars the animals were very hard to spot.
Views on the walk
All this trip I've negotiated boggy areas but today I had a Vicar of Dibley moment. I stepped, thinking I would squelch down a couple of inches as usual but it was an actual hole and my right leg sunk right up to the top of my thigh and I fell forward. I was covered with mud and wet and freezing!
Lunch spot
It was a beautiful walk actually!
I think what really finished me off was the last mile or so before the road which was on a very narrow uneven path on the side of a steep hill with already tired legs and feet, mud everywhere and the knowledge that there were still several miles to go.
I sat and waited for Martin near this figure which was in someone's garden.
We got back to our shed and I took my trousers into the shower with me to get the worst of the mud off. Raurie our host arrived and offered for us to do a load of washing so that was really handy.
He was a lovely chap but very busy with a croft and 2 airbnbs to run a part-time job at the community campsite and a mum with dementia to care for - all single handed.
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