JOGLE 5.5 Day 8 Tue 9 Oct 12

We had an early start today and Mildred kindly left out milk and juice so that we could have a light breakfast before going on our way along with a really good packed lunch. The train left on time (0740) and the route it took is superb via, Speen Bridge, Roy Bridge, Tulloch, Corrour, Rannoch, Bridge of Orchy, Upper Tynedrum, Crianlarich, Ardlui, Arrachoir and Tarbet, Garelochead. We were travelling right over the Highlands and saw lots of deer as well as stags. Unfortunately the train had to stop at Garelochhead and go back to Tarbet so that coaches could pick us up and take us in to Glasgow as an engineers train broke down further along the line. It’s a shame that the coaches drove straight past the airport and then decided to stop at Central Station and not Queen Street which added further to the delay. A quick taxi ride at a fixed rate of £22 saw us at the airport in time to get through security. Ian got fully frisked again (it’s the metal lace holes in the boots that set the alarm off, boots off and through the xray machine next time). All the rushing was for nothing as the flight was late! Well I guess it was one of those days. The Easy Jet flight took off at 3pm and arrived 4.15pm at Gatwick, so not bad. The fast shuttle service from North Terminal to South Terminal soon saw us at the train station and going our separate ways. The total distance we walked this trip was 104 miles of which 87 miles were the Great Glen Way.