20 Jul 07 Fort William
We have arrived in Fort William after an overnight ride on the ScotRail sleeper train. That journey was one of the most surreal I’ve had… Strange squeaking, squealing and banging sounds broke up the night, making it difficult to get any sleep in the pitch black 4×6 foot cabin. I had visions we were riding in a tow trailer over fields of dead bodies. Creepy.
Surprisingly there is no mobile network in this town, the second largest we will visit along the walk, and I doubt there will be until Inverness. It’s unusual not to see people yapping on their phones or typing away their text messages. Fort William is tiny though - we’ve walked through it six times already and haven’t yet checked into the B&B! Weather is great though and we are after a shower we’ll go for a few hours walking in the Glen Nevis forested valley.
Tomorrow we walk to north Spean Bridge.
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I LOVE that train to Fort William. The views are so spectacular. Too bad you did it at night. There are some crazy freaky bridges that you go over and think you just might die sometime soon.
Comment by Medstudentitis — August 28, 2007 #