Today was the longest stretch of the WHW for us – 19 miles in total.

So we set off early and after a quick breakfast at the Real Food Cafe we were on our way.

It was a cloudy and drizzly start to the day and it stayed like that pretty much the whole day. This is the view as we left Tyndrum.

We passed a house that had some interesting carvings in its front garden.

Despite the weather the views were pretty stunning.

After a short while we passed through a tunnel under the railway line and then headed on past a sign to Loch Tioraidh.

We passed through more green mountains and past cascades of water.

We came across some beautiful and majestic highland cows.

And also some oystercatchers on the shore of the river.

We then made our way into Bridge of Orchy which is a tiny village.

We stopped at the Hotel here for a quick coffee which was served with some delicious shortbread.

After our refreshments we headed over the Bridge of Orchy and continued on our way. The bridge was built by the British Army following the Battle of Culloden in 1746.

Had the weather been a bit kinder we would have seen more of the mountains, but even in the clouds the mountains and lochlans were amazing.

Our plan was to have lunch at the Inveroran Hotel but it was closed when we arrived and didn’t open until 12:30pm – which would have meant an hours wait.

Luckily we had packed lots of snacks and had plenty of water so we continued on.

Shortly afterwards we came to a Forest Lodge which actually looked a bit neglected.

From here the path is the remains of an old 1930s motor road.

For several miles we walked through Rannoch Moor, a huge expanse of moorland which is quite boggy.  The view was quite similar along most of this route.

After a while we came to Ba Bridge.

The whole of this section is quite bleak and remote and for long periods of time we didn’t see anyone else on the trail.

At one point we came across a small cairn so I decided to go and investigate.

The views from the top were beautiful, even if a bit cloudy.

As we came close to Kingshouse we could see Glencoe mountain. Glencoe mountain is 1,108m tall and is the site of an infamous massacre in 1692 where around 30 of the MacDonald clan were killed by Scottish government forces. The name Glencoe is supposed to mean Glen of weeping.

We had to pass over a small roundabout before heading to our hotel.

It took us about 6 hours and 45 minutes today, including a 20 minute stop for coffee, and I thought it would take a lot longer.

When we got to the Kingshouse Hotel we were too early to check in so went to the bar for a beer.

Once we got into our room we had time to relax before heading down to dinner.

The views of Glencoe and Buachallue Etive Mor from the hotel were amazing.

We had a delicious dinner and then headed back to the bar.

I tried some Scottish smokey whisky, recommended to me by my brother in law, it was really nice.