Day 2 – A swing of The Lock, a Bushy with a Candelabra and so many Bluebells

Despite the lovely litera and being tired, I don’t sleep so well. The price of the bunk includes a self -service breakfast, so I have a little toast with jam. At 7.30 am, I’m already walking, so start day 2.

Along the lake shore

The views along Loch Lomond early in the morning are so serene and still. The only people I see are two paddleboarders who stop and offer me an elevator on their board to my next stop! Although tempted, I keep walking along the front of the shore before the route turns inside and to the forest, slowly climbing at the same time.

Throughout the day, he glimpses the lake and the route goes to the sea so many times. Like yesterday, it turns out to be another warm and sunny day causing the lake to shine and temptation to stop and row very well.

I see a homemade swing hanging from a tree and I can’t resist stopping to place and take your eyes.

A SWING WITH View

Back to the forest

The route leaves the coast and goes to the forest. On the way to the undulating roads that break with the occasional tree trunk and the steps to climb. I take the most of the shadow of the trees and I really enjoy seeing ring stripes to cover the forest floor.

The walk is generally easy. Like yesterday, I barely see anyone else, which surprises me, since May is the busiest month in the Whw.

Rowardennan boxes stop

It has gone at 10 am and I am almost half of today’s miles. I decide to stop at the Clannsman bar for an early lunch and I feel with some fantastic views.

Breakfast / Lunch / Brunch with View

Honesty boxes

Leaving Rowardennan, I see a pink baby box disguised as an honesty box. Ben’s Bakes, as this box is called, is well supplied with everything, from food and beverages, to essential first aid elements, such as anti-gler packages. I turn to a homemade caramel cake to eat later and marvel at the ability to pay it through the QR and PayPal code.

This is not the first honesty box that I have seen throughout the Whw. Yesterday I saw enough and are a good touch to offer those who walk and any other person on the route the option to buy a snack or drink. Many are only in cash, but some provide the option to pay online.

Buy in the honesty box of Ben’s Bakes

Go out or stop?

Yesterday I was recommended that after Ptarmigan Lodge, I take the high route. Supposedly, the high route is the easiest option, since it does not have large rocks along the way, but is more exposed to the sun. Since it is another warm and sunny day (but I still have all my rain team), and I really like the tone, I opt for the «tougher» low route along the shore of the lake.

The low route that I find largely well. It rises gently up and down on the roots of the trees and some large rocks/rocks that slow down but do not seem unsurpassed anyway. As it is along the coast of the lake, I have water views through the tree and a pleasant breeze to keep myself fresh.

Bushy Time

With the time on my side and only three miles for the day, I stop at Rowchoish Both to sit and eat my caramel cake. I take off my shoes enjoying the transmission of my feet and lifted my legs on the bank. I enjoy the fact that someone has brought a candelabra to the two who give him a slightly gothic air.

Feet up in the byny for the candelabra

The bases are free places available for any person for refuge. It is possible to sleep in them and there is evidence in the upper recent visits along with Bothy resident mice. Nobody visits the Bothy while I feel there and after almost an hour I decide that it is time to continue with Investment.

Bluebells in abundance

After leaving the Bothy, the road continues through the forest and the pitillo of Bluebells from previously they reach a purple and blue crescendo before the Lake’s views return.

Bluebells and more Bluebells

When the Bluebells end, the number and size of the rocks along the way increase and begin to find the job of walking a little. I need to pay attention to where I put my feet so as not to fall. Fortunately, I am almost in reverse, so I advance during the last mile more or less.

The beginning of the roots and rocks of the trees along the way

Church conversion

And as that day 2 is complete. Tonight, I stay in Inverseid Bunkhouse, which is out of the Whw route and a hill. I am quite happy to make collected from the Paseo Marítimo to the bunk, an old converted and very great church.

INVERSNAID Bunkhouse Restaurant and Common Room

I reserve a table for dinner before addressing my private room. The next two nights will be shared rooms, so I am determined to make the most of my own space tonight and cross my fingers to sleep better.

I celebrate the end of day 2 with deer stew (a massive portion that I cannot end) and a little Scottish strawberry cider. In the dinner, he would chat with the lady from the next table that also walks through the whw. She aims to walk for nine days and part of me wants me to have some short days in the mixture. She tells me stories of her time traveling through the United States in the early 1980s when her only way to keep in touch with the family at home was through letters that would arrive weeks after they sent them. While now everything is instantaneous.

After dinner, I feel in the common area for a while before it is time to go to bed. I hurt my thighs and buttocks after today up and down today and I hope a good dream help.

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