September 26 – Day 5 – Invermoriston to Drumnadrochit

A long day today as we walked 14+ miles from Invermoriston to Drumnadrochit. The weather was okay to start as we climbed the hill out of Invermoriston and made it to the viewcatcher sculpture on the high route.

It was a long day of walking, including a few long sections of tarmac. It started raining on the one long section of tarmac before the final descent into the village.

We stopped at the Nessieland Hotel pub, which was warm and cozy for a pint before heading to the B&B next door. Weren’t able to get in there for dinner though so ended up a bit further back at the Fiddler, which was cozy and good amid had a great “boozy ice cream”!

September 27 – Day 6 – Drumnadrochit to Blackfold

We actually ended up doing Blackfold to Drumnadrochit as it is difficult to time the pick up in Blackfold for the return to Drum. An added benefit of getting driven out to Blackfold and hiking back to Drum is that it is mostly downhill ?.

Another fairly long day of about 20 km of so. The weather started bleak and we had our rain gear on expecting a bad day. However, the sun ended up coming out and we were able to get some decent views of Urquhart Castle and Loch Ness. On the way we also stopped in at this forest cafe and had a great lemon sponge cake and coffee in the forest.

Also went through the “Newfie Forest” which was apparently logged by Canadians (many from Newfoundland) during WWII to supply wood for the war.

The last few km along the road was tedious but we stopped at the Cobbs Cafe before heading to the B&B to prepare for dinner again at the Fiddlers.