Pining for the Fjords

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...

Did you read Part 4 ? Getting ready to hit the trail on Hiking Day 2! We slept well on Monday night in the Kingshouse Hotel  (in the town of Kingshouse), aided by the white noise of the fan continuing to dry our wet gear from our first hiking day on the West Highland Way .  By the time we awoke, almost everything was ready, which was amazing; only a few more minutes with the hair dryer and my hiking boots, and we were good to go!  We headed downstairs with our suitcases packed, dropped them in the drying room (where they'd be picked up by the transport service arranged by the amazing folks at Mickledore Travel and deposited at our next lodging spot, the Allt-Na-Leven Guest House in Kinlochleven), and then hit up the breakfast buffet.  With this being our shortest day on the Way, we had plenty of time to lounge around in the restaurant, and we made solid work of the wide variety of breakfast options (we believe in carbo loading in this house). Another morning, anoth...