Today was always going to be the toughest, longest and highest day of this challenge. It has a "low route" option that had barely less hills than the "high route" and actually had longer hills so the higher option looked the best one.
Before that though we had a lovely breakfast at our hotel - haggis and tattie scone getting a run out today - very lovely.
On to the walk and we turned right out of our hotel then not much further up the road the climbing started.
GGW day 5 - Invermoriston to Drumnadrochit

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On leaving there though, we started what was mentally the toughest part of the day's walk. It was just a very boring long drag uphill along a quiet road, although we did have some interested wildlife looking on."},"link":{"url":null}},{"image":{"unique_id":"b2a141ea-fb68-4c99-9a8c-e1835c14af0e","athlete_id":10421173,"activity_id":9290089454,"activity_name":"GGW day 5 - Invermoriston to Drumnadrochit","post_id":null,"resource_state":2,"caption":"","type":1,"source":1,"status":true,"uploaded_at":"2023-06-18T17:43:56Z","created_at":"2023-06-18T14:54:06Z","created_at_local":"2023-06-18T15:54:06Z","urls":{"2048":"https:\/\/dgtzuqphqg23d.cloudfront.net\/guZFpDlPcjJKvyqXukOMMAdnP-TpASOz1M9BfXkzsbg-2048x1536.jpg"},"sizes":{"2048":[2048,1536]},"default_photo":false,"url":"https:\/\/storyteller.fit\/sites\/default\/files\/field\/image\/305\/externals\/b2a141ea-fb68-4c99-9a8c-e1835c14af0e.jpg","filepath":"public:\/\/field\/image\/305\/externals\/b2a141ea-fb68-4c99-9a8c-e1835c14af0e.jpg","uid":"305","taken_timestamp":1687103646,"imageStyles":{"map_marker":"https:\/\/storyteller.fit\/sites\/default\/files\/field\/image\/305\/externals\/derivates\/map\/b2a141ea-fb68-4c99-9a8c-e1835c14af0e.jpg"},"coords":[57.3206,-4.479383],"position":842,"prevPosition":""},"textarea":{"index":9,"content":"The downhill section should have been easier really as it was quite steady but our tired bodies just didn't enjoy it very much and then the final mile or so along the main road through Drumnadrochit was even less fun (although I have done that road twice more tonight going to the shop and then picking up a takeaway!)"},"link":{"url":null}},{"image":{"filepath":"public:\/\/field\/image\/305\/externals\/transparent.png"},"textarea":{"index":10,"content":"Two days to go then and there's 30km or thereabouts still to go. 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