The midges are here!

Due to no internet access over the last 3 or 4 days, it has been impossible to update the blog! We had a rough 2 days on Ben Alder, surrounding Munro's and Loch Ossian because of the lack of food we could carry and little sleep we had in Ben Alder cottage. We got a motivational boost when the lovely woman working at the Corrour Youth Hostel let us eat the left over food guests had recently left; so taking advantage of the opportunity we feasted! Yesterday was much easier and shorter taking in the 4 Munro's (Beinn a' Chaorainn, Creag Meagaidh, Stob Poite Coire Ardair and Carn Laith)situated in Creag Meagaidh National Nature Reserve. Although the weather was pretty miserable and Viability poor we both seemed to have enjoyed ourselves. Unfortunately this morning Pete woke up with a unexpected and strange illness he believes he got from drinking diseased water... Still, he wasn't in any fit state to do any walking today so we decided to take a rest day in Fort William and stay in the Glen Nevis Youth Hostel in preparation for a big day tomorrow climbing 10 Munro's finishing off with Ben Nevis. All this recent good weather does come with one down side.... the return of the midges! Pete says 'going for a number 2 in the wild has become much more interesting'.