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| All smiles as we set off. Note the guns on these guys. If I did a poor job I'd had it! |
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| Trooping along nicely |
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| Half way house - not serving tea and cakes though!! |
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| Stob Ban and General Wades' Road |
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| Surprisingly still smiling 5 hours later! |
Today I was out with a group of Level 5 Child, Health & Social Care students from West Highland College who were raising money for childrens charity, CHAS. The plan was to meet at the college at 7.30 am, travel down to Kinlochleven and complete the final section of the West Highland Way. The students had a target of 6 hours.
After reaching Kinlochleven, we had a brief safety chat and a quick round up of kit, food and water before heading on our merry way. The students made good progress climbing up and out of the glen towards the Lairig Mor, joining Wades military road. They made a great job of keeping each others moral up, and I never heard them complain once even though this was the first time many of them had undertaken something of this scale.
The weather was super kind to us, with bright sunshine all day long keeping us very warm. A few of us could have done with some sun cream...
The girls kept pushing on at a tremendous rate, but were thankful of a rest at the head of the Lundavra Road for a spot of lunch and an unlikely coffee. From here the girls had opted to head along the tarmac for the final few kilometres and descend en masse to the new Wetherspoons for a well earned drink after a superbly quick 5 hours. I joined them for a celebration drink and a bit of an unwind before going to meet Anna and helping with some of her deliveries :)
A great day and a great achievement for everyone involved - plenty of money raised for a worthy cause!
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