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Scots Wha Hae! Part 7 - Heading Back

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Did you read Part 6 ? Selfie time at the Ben Nevis Distillery We woke up after a restful night at the Myrtle Bank Guest House in Fort William, very pleased that we didn't have another day of hiking on the West Highland Way in front of us.  While we truly enjoyed our time on the Way, three days back to back to back was perfect, and we were pleased to put on regular shoes instead of hiking boots. Chris' boots were beyond done anyway - they'd been to the bottom of the Grand Canyon a few times, and this was their final voyage A morning sail on Loch Linnhe Back inside, we headed to the dining room for our last full Scottish breakfast of the trip. Myrtle Bank is in a very, very pretty location Using the portable luggage scale to weigh my suitcase - it didn't matter so much today, but in addition to the limits associated with Delta Airlines, our luggage porters on the Way also had a maximum - anything over, and we'd get charged extra We'd be riding back to Glasgow ar...
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Scots Wha Hae! Part 6 - Walking the Way: Kinlochleven to Fort William

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Did you read Part 5 ? WE MADE IT! We slept well on Tuesday night in Kinlochleven at the Allt na Leven Guest House , although I was awoken earlier than necessary when I heard folks start wandering around in pursuit of breakfast.  Doing our normal "tea in the room" start to the morning, we eventually got dressed and meandered out of our room and into the common dining area.  Since they're on the smaller side for guest houses, Allt na Leven asked us to fill out a request form the night before on what we'd like to eat for breakfast (hence the clipboard), and once we were seated, our selections appeared in front of us, along with toast, coffee, tea, and a beautiful bowl of fresh fruit.  Chris had porridge, then eggs with smoked salmon, while I enjoyed pancakes with bacon; everything was incredible, and I picked this as the best breakfast we had during our time hiking the West Highland Way . The dining room at Allt na Leven Their cute table setup Fortified for the day, we f...
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