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Kilsyth to Drymen A fter dropping off a little earlier than normal last night, without fail I woke up early! Why oh why can't I have more sleep instead of just waking up after the usual five and a half hours? Very frustrating. I dozed for a bit...

Drymen to Rowardennan O ne thing that still amazes me on this walk is the amount of punishment and pain I can put my body through just for it to pick itself up and do it all again the next day. I was so worried that the pain in my right heel from...

Rowardennan D avid and I had a good chat in the dormitory about his next day's walking, i.e. mine after my rest day, and supposedly this is described as possibly the toughest section of the West Highland Way with lots of roots and boulders on the...

Rowardennan to Inverarnan I slept as well as ever and as some of the guys in the hostel room were moving about early I got myself up and had breakfast nice and early. I wasn't in the biggest of rushes but I knew that the section ahead has the...

Inverarnan to Tyndrum I had an awful night's sleep last night. This had nothing to do with the room, the bed or anything at all to do with the B & B I was staying in. I just couldn't get off to sleep. I have no idea what was going on in my head...

Tyndrum to Kings House A nother bad night's sleep last night. Again, I think the day's walk ahead was playing on my mind and the fact that I had to be up earlier than usual to get breakfast and get out the door. After walking with Jonathan, or...

Kings House to Kinlochleven R ight. That's it. I am now officially sick to the back teeth of not sleeping properly. You would have thought that after five pints last night I would have had at least an ok sleep...but no! I was awake until gone 2am...

Kinlochleven to Fort William A fter the previous two nights of next to no sleep I guess my body finally gave in and allowed me to have a whole six hours asleep last night - gasp! All wasn't the best though when I did wake up as I had a few new...

Fort William A bit of a rare event this morning: I made it down to breakfast on my day off! Ok, I didn't rush down there but I managed to be sat down before 9am which wasn't bad. As I was sat there tucking in to my cooked breakfast Ashley strolled...

Fort William to South Laggan I think I may have been a little concerned about over sleeping this morning as I promptly awoke at 4:35am...wide awake! Not a good start considering I had just over twenty two miles ahead of me that's for sure. I tried...

South Laggan to Invermoriston I know I'm setting myself up for a telling off (from Rachel) but upon arriving at the youth hostel last night, and getting myself sorted out, I couldn't be bothered with sorting any dinner out so I had some crisps,...

Invermoriston to Drumnadrochit I had a much better night's sleep compared to the hostel from the other night. Ok, I still only managed my usual five or so hours sleep but that's got to be better than an hour here and there throughout the night like...