Wednesday, 22 September 2010

WHW - final day

From http://bvhill-walkers.blogspot.com/

Sunday morning - our last full day - but, what's this - does big Dave need an early morning carbo top-up?:



He returned for the mandatory team photo - this time it was the Magnificent 7:




Climbing back up from sea level was pretty tough - probably the hardest yet, but, after that, we moved on to fairly good, flat walking terrain between the hills - and then we came upon this "Unique Investment Opportunity" as perhaps some agents and builders would have described it. Sharpy could clearly see the potential:



We eventually ran headlong in to a couple of major outdoor sporting events, including tri-athletes taking part in a Coast to Coast race - there were over 1,000 competitors running and walking at us, sharing the same, sometimes narrow pathways.

We eventually got to some treeland areas, which afforded me the opportunity to lighten my liquid load a little. I didn't quite notice the tree roots, however, and took a hefty tumble. Sympathy from my fellow walkers? No chance - just a major photo opportunity, that's all:



This was our longest walk - and it felt like it. Just like yesterday, the downward stretch to Fort William seemed to take forever. It rained pretty constantly for the last few miles, but at least there was no real wind, and it was the first time we'd really got wet over the 3 days, so we weren't complaining really. Eventually, we got to civilisation again - and the old end of the WHW, which happened to be right next to our hotel:



A new finish to the WHW has now been created in the town centre, and there was much talk when coming down the hill about having to finish the walk off "properly", but, by the time we got here, all we wanted was a couple of beers and to put our feet up, shower and change. Once that was done, Colin, Jack and I made sure we went to the new end of the walk - which just happened to be about 100 yards past the Grog and Gruel - but even this was apparently too far for the others!:



A long day and here's the summary stats:

  • 14.91 miles
  • 6 hours 24 minutes
  • Total uphill 2,962 feet - almost a Munro!


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