Up till now, I have paid little attention to our schedule, thankfully Kenny knows his stuff about where we will be and when, and the lovely Clare has organised all our accommodation for us.
My part has been little more than, tell me how much I owe and when I need to pay it and to whom!
So I thought it was about time I started checking out what this walk was all about.
We start our 97 mile trek from Milngavie and arrive in Fort William and hope to complete the journey in 5 days.
Milngavie.
Milngavie.
According to wikipedia its a commuter town being only 6 miles from Glasgow and also a popular retirement location and is best known for the start of the West Highland Way footpath.
The start is marked by a granite Obelisk in the town centre hopefully it will also be well signposted so that we will know which way to go.
I'm sort of assuming that Kenny will know where to go and how to get there and being a native, he can obviously speak the lingo so the rest of us won't have to shout or speak slowly to the locals in order to be understood should we need to ask the way! We also have Neil for the first couple of days, so surely between the two they can get us on the right road, as you know what they say about women and directions and whilst I know my left from right my navigational skills are not the sharpest.
Sadly we wont have any beagles actually walking with us, as that is a bit much to ask of our beloved hounds, but we are hoping that many mad beagle owners will catch up with us on our journey and at least give us the opportunity to get some beagle hugs as we will be missing our own like mad. I can't even remember when I last left Alfie and Freddie for more than 2 nights!
Much as I'm sure my female walking companions are lovely, I think they would be a poor substitute for my furbabies at the end of a hard days walking, however, with enough alcohol I expect they will snore like them!
Sadly we wont have any beagles actually walking with us, as that is a bit much to ask of our beloved hounds, but we are hoping that many mad beagle owners will catch up with us on our journey and at least give us the opportunity to get some beagle hugs as we will be missing our own like mad. I can't even remember when I last left Alfie and Freddie for more than 2 nights!
Much as I'm sure my female walking companions are lovely, I think they would be a poor substitute for my furbabies at the end of a hard days walking, however, with enough alcohol I expect they will snore like them!
Having made it past the start and out of Milngavie, our journey on the first day takes us to our first overnight stop, Balmaha, a village on the eastern shore of Loch Lomond.
By then we would have navigated our way through Carbeth, home to the Carbeth Inn a "wee pub in the middle of nowhere" according to its website and its claim to fame is that some of the Taggart episodes were filmed there!
Also passing through Drymen also having an Inn named after it , there seems to be a pattern emerging here.....
I'm hoping there are going to be a nice selection of hostelries en-route as all that walking will be thirsty work. I have heard that there is a floating restaurant on Loch Lomond so maybe if we get a move on we will have time to sample their wares.
Our accommodation in Balmaha (no Balmaha Inn sadly just the Oak Tree Inn) for the first night consists of bunk beds, which should be interesting, have not slept in one of those since childhood, a long long long long time ago. I expect after 20 miles of walking and listening to Clare C's singing, a mattress on the floor will be welcome!
Training has fallen by the wayside recently Clare C has a bad leg I've been busy with BW accounts and have not heard any excuses from Claire B or Suzanne.
Am thinking I might have a week of increasing steps up to 25,000 per day then a week off and see how I get on. I don't want to over do do it now, do I? What do you think girls, anyone up for the challenge?
By then we would have navigated our way through Carbeth, home to the Carbeth Inn a "wee pub in the middle of nowhere" according to its website and its claim to fame is that some of the Taggart episodes were filmed there!
Also passing through Drymen also having an Inn named after it , there seems to be a pattern emerging here.....
I'm hoping there are going to be a nice selection of hostelries en-route as all that walking will be thirsty work. I have heard that there is a floating restaurant on Loch Lomond so maybe if we get a move on we will have time to sample their wares.
Our accommodation in Balmaha (no Balmaha Inn sadly just the Oak Tree Inn) for the first night consists of bunk beds, which should be interesting, have not slept in one of those since childhood, a long long long long time ago. I expect after 20 miles of walking and listening to Clare C's singing, a mattress on the floor will be welcome!
Training has fallen by the wayside recently Clare C has a bad leg I've been busy with BW accounts and have not heard any excuses from Claire B or Suzanne.
Am thinking I might have a week of increasing steps up to 25,000 per day then a week off and see how I get on. I don't want to over do do it now, do I? What do you think girls, anyone up for the challenge?
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