Luckily, a later start for us on the final day. Woke up with a better mood than last night, partially due to finishing all my hot chocolate drinks in one sitting . Last stage, only 25k. Maybe today I'll hit the jackpot and actually finish in the daylight.
After another sort out of food, then rucksack, then food, then socks, finally tent...we set off at the gorgeous time of ten o clock. Once again, I found Sarah and the poor girl had no hope of shaking me off. Back along the Loch path - was it really this muddy and hilly the other day ? Not sure. A beautiful flat gravelly
path for 2k, which to be honest I felt like kissing. The final checkpoint, then trudge up the final mountain. At this point the Scottish weather had taken over with a vengence, even to the point of being blown over by the wind. All was well though, I didnt fall far. Reached the top, slid through the mud and mountain streams down the other side. Accepted gratefully some assistance across a fast flowing mountain stream from a member of the Spine safety team - thank goodness they were there.
Sarah turned into ultra-and-slightly-competitive Sarah at the bottom of the mountain, and decided we were changing gear into ultra march to cover the final flatish three miles. I gratefully followed, still sticking to her like that irritating bit of chewing gum on your shoe that you cant get rid of.
One slightly scarey moment involving some Highland cows with very sharp horns wondering why we were marching across their ground. No fights though, phew.
We saw camp and cheered up. We even saw a few marker flags, which made us cheer even more. And....the end. Six hours and about a half. Alot better. Followed by lager and pizza.
Marvellous stuff. Adventure indeed.
