Day 56

Beware the dangers of complacency! In the course of this walk we haven't until now made any significant navigational errors. There have been three or four times that we've made errors which resulted in walking an extra half mile or so but that's all. We made up for it today. We left Fort William without looking at the map and went North East up the A82 instead of North West up the A830. By the time we realised our error we had walked 1.5 miles. So today's walk turned into 25 miles instead of the planned 22! But it was a nice walk along the Caledonion Canal and then on the north side to Loch Lochy to Laggan with occasional views of the snow covered summits of the Ben Nevis range. Yesterday was a rest day in Fort William (our last rest day) which, for me, was a chance to catch up on work. From now on it's heads down (apart from looking at maps occasionally!) until we get to John O'Groats.