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Mallaig 2025 – Day 5

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Homeward bound for 5 of us but an equal number – Jeb, Vicki, Steve, Ken and Dave – were initially planning to travel to Eigg. Dave had a late change of mind and decided he would go to Glenfinnan instead. The others had their plans thwarted at the last minute when apparently there was some kind of mechanical issue with the ferry fleet, whereupon Ken took off and did his own thing and Steve took the opportunity to cancel his separate bookings.com reservation and head home. Meanwhile Jeb and Vicki did a local walk with Ozzie: It was all too much: Another excellent few days away – well done, Jeb. There had been discussion on Sunday night about which charity we should support this year. Most of us thought we should add to Jeb’s fund-raising but he said no – he felt everyone had already done enough, so we agreed to again support the charity Stewart works for - https://www.justgiving.com/charity/abernecessities
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Jeb was this year’s organiser for our annual walking weekend and, having been before, he was keen to show us the delights of Mallaig and Lochaber on what was our 15 th year. We started this with the latter half of the West Highland Way in 2010 and have kept it going every year since, with the exception of the Covid-affected 2021. 21 people have now played some part with Ken (naturally) the most prolific having attended all 15. Dave and I have done 12, Gordon 11 and Ian Sharp 10 with the rest in single figures. This year Andy formed the advance guard, arriving in Mallaig directly from a trip down south with Hazel. On Thursday morning Ken, Dave, Gordon, Stewart, Nigel, Jeb and Vicki all made their various ways west in time for a shortish afternoon walk round Mallaig. Post-op I was unable to join the walks this year but as I already had a double room booked and paid for, Jo and I decided we would use it as a weekend break. Steve couldn’t leave Banchory until later but got to our hote...
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