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Distance: 22km (220m), total of 65km
On the trail: 8hrs
Planned route: map

We stopped about 3km short of Glenmallie last night. The walk into our camp was a horror compared to the nice trek out to Invermallie. It was raining hard when we woke so we decided to break camp and eat something cold in order to get on our way quickly. After leaving camp around 9am we picked up a nice LRT (landrover trail) and had a very fast walk to Glenmallie then out to Invermallie where we had a hot lunch sitting under a huge oak tree. The walking today was easy in comparison, mostly flat on nice trails or roads. The only surprising thing was the discovery of the ‘Gairlochy fairies’ in the woods (see pics below). We found them by following the Great Glen Way Trail from the end of Loch Arkaig to Gairlochy.

Our plan was to camp at Gairlochy campsite but we elected to push on to Spean Bridge where we found a wonderful B&B + restaurant. The owner Robert hooked us up with a great room and a free pint!

Tonight were having a nice dinner, our boil in the bag will have to wait for our next camp.

Overall today was an easy walk. We are both feeling a little sore with low blister count. Lynn is ecstatic to be in a nice b&b tonight – the last two days have been full on :). Our plan is to make it into Kingussie by Weds at about 25km per day. We are hoping the weather holds.