Part 3 of Great Glen Way -Day 6 of 6 - completed!

Continued from Part 2 of Great Glen  Way -Day 6 of 6 - completed!  

This is fun for sure but it’s a beautifully sunny day and I can see that blogging can be a way from me to hide from the beautiful outer world and all its uncertainties. 

So Ive told you about the cafe in the middle of my walk and the first part of the walk, before the cafe. 

For a quick summary of the rest: to my surprise there was about 2 1/2 miles of paved walk (quite lovely, very few vehicles) and almost none on the walk into the city. So only 4 miles of my 20 plus mile walk were paved. Not nearly so hard on my feet as I had feared (and inferred from the blogs I read). I did find navigation in Inverness very challenging, but I also found the city beautiful and the existence of footpaths (as alternatives to paved roads full of vehicles) amazing. 

Here’s a bench overlooking the city. 

It began to feel like spring had fully arrived for the first time as I walked down into Inverness. Sunshine and blossoms. 

I loved walking over lots of bridges across to and between tiny islands in the River Ness just before the mouth of the river at the Besuly Firth. (If like me you don’t know what a firth is, it’s a narrow inlet from the ocean.)

 
Before I started down to the city it was a lovely and varied walk. I especially enjoyed walking beside stone walls - stirred memories of walking the Camino in Spain with Chris. 

So many photos, so many moments to catch as they fly. But I do want to go explore this lovely city a wee bit (even if I am feeling shy). So here is the closest we will probably come to a meeting with Ness herself on a mural for the hostel where I am staying here - by the way I thought I would have a bed in a bunkroom and instead I have a room and bathroom all to myself. A surprise and joy for my rest day. )

What we will do tomorrow is still up for grabs. I may just take the train to Aviemore and rest a second day and not walk until Saturday. I may walk the 20 miles from Aviemore to Newtonmore (a segment recently added to the Speyside Way, which my tour agent did not include in my tour) and take a bus back. But this would be a VERY long day - and I am not sure my feet are ready for another long day. Or I may walk out and back from Aviemore to Kincraig (about 6.5 miles each way). Either way, hope you will join me!