Rainy hikes

Today was the start of our hikes and the rain set in quite early on. However, the two younger groups doing a single day hike managed very well given the conditions, completing a ten kilometre walk from Gairlochy to Fort William along the footpath of the Caledonian Canal.

The older group setting out on the two day expedition fared slightly less well however. Upon arriving at the station to catch a train to their start point, they realised that they had left both of their maps behind and wouldn't actually be going anywhere, as there was insufficient time to return to the campsite and collect them before the train was due. With their only being three trains a day, an alternative hike along the junior route was found and they will start their expedition tomorrow instead.

Tom would also like to let his parent's know that the marshmallows arived okay. The postwoman turning up at our campsite in her little van was quite an unusual site.

Last night we cooked rainbow trout on the fire, which almost everyone ate and enjoyed so that's something for all parents to file away for the future. The fish also came intact (which was unexpected) so we had to gut and bone it too, a challenge which they all rose too well.