Day 7 Fort Augustus to King House (part 2)

Guess what - it's a steep climb out of town (how many times am I going to write that?). The path doubles as the service road for the hydro scheme so is good and smooth but does climb relentlessly.

At the hydro top station the West Highland Way branches off the service road and goes single track, very rocky and continues to climb. There are not many camping spots and it would be cold up here, so I press on.

It wanders and climbs, wanders and climbs and ultimately reaches a pass over 1800' high with great views into Glen Coe.

Given the terrible state of the path so far I was not expecting a great descent, and I was right. The 'Devils Staircase' was steep, loose and technical. I did what I could but had to wimp out of some sections, even then I had a few tumbles.

Safely down into Glen Coe, the last few miles to the King's House Hotel along the main road were all downhill and took just a few minutes.

I set up camp in this popular spot, too weary even to pop into the pub!

The forecast was for properly horrible weather to move in around lunchtime the next day and last a good while, so I needed to make an early start the next day. I booked a place to stay in Killin, ate a quick dinner in the tent and went to bed.

Miles today: 55. Total so far: 320.

Feet climbed today: 5940. Total so far: 26370.