Day 5 - Kingshouse to Kinlochleven - Recovery Day

We are lounging around in our B&B room at 9pm ready for bed so we can have an early start for our last day.  It's about 15 miles with another big climb up to Glen Nevis, so we took advantage of the ' 2 meals for a tenner, before 6pm' deal at the pub and ate early so we could retire in good time.

Buachaille etive mor

We have only done 4 hours walking today and covered 10 miles but it did include a hefty climb up the notorious Devil's Staircase.  With my dodgy knee though the climb down seemed harder and  it was a relief that the local Co - Op in Kinlochleven stocked Voltarol Gel. Our destination is a 'model village' built for workers at the local aluminium factory, but now this has closed, tourism is the main industry and lucky for us we seemed to have bagged the best guest house in town. It's like 5 star luxury and it is just what the doctor ordered after 80 odd miles of walking.

climbing up with Buachaille Etive Mor in distance 

Devils staircase (doesn't look steep here!)

Going down 

Kinlochleven

Today has been sunny and the views of the area (Glencoe) were amazing. We arrived at 1pm in Kinlochleven so have been sunning ourselves on the balcony overlooking the river and generally chilling before our last day. I can actually walk normally this evening for the first time since day 1.

Tomorrow we have to be in Fort William for 3pm which means we have a time that we need to stick to, hence the need for an early start. So breakfast is ordered and alarm set for 6.45, goodnight!