Day 48: Thursday 26th May 2022

Day 48: Thursday 26th May 2022

Today we decided upon having breakfast at the cafe in the campsite. Mum had a veggie sausage in a roll whilst I had a mini cooked breakfast of veggie sausages, beans and tomatoes. It was really nice! 

We headed out on a walk to Dùn Deardail Fort to see a view of Ben Nevis. The walk was about 6 miles in total, 3 miles to the viewpoint before retracing our steps back. We were lucky with the weather, as although it did rain, as we got to the fort ruins it did clear so that we could see more of the path up Ben Nevis, as well as views of the surrounding mountains.

After returning along the same route, we decided to catch the bus into Fort William again for another lunch at The Wildcat cafe, as we liked it so much! This time we both had Buddha bowls, and I tried another of their hot chocolates. We shared a cake from a different bakery, Rain, which was also delicious! 

As the bus returning to the campsite wasn’t timetabled to run for another hour and a half, we decided to walk back, which was about 2.5 miles. Along the way, we chatted to a couple of people who it turned out would be working at Glastonbury this year! So perhaps we will see them there! It was a really interesting chat - he said he had worked for quite a few years doing the signs, and managed to get into the backstage bars last time to have a drink with Lizzo and a few other artists! 

Continuing back to the campsite, we decided to stop at the restaurant for a drink. The people who we had kept on bumping into yesterday also turned up, so we ended up sitting with them. It was nice to chat about the various experiences that we’ve all had with the vans, and good to know we are not the only ones happy to put up with a slope to avoid using the chocks! 

Back at the van, we got ready for moving onwards again tomorrow. It’s been such a brilliant time at Fort William, we will be sad to leave. 

This evening, a rainbow appeared over the path up to Ben Nevis! So pleased to have seen it.