This was the odd day out in our journey across Scotland. Because of the route from Drum to the finish in Inverness being about 20 miles, we split this into two sections - getting a taxi to Abriachan and then walking back to Drum followed by the final day starting at the same point but walking north to Inverness.
So, the taxi didn't totally go to plan as he dropped us off in a different place to that we'd asked for but that just meant a shorter day today. We started off heading into the Abriachan Forest which was a nice steady walk.
GGW day 6 - Abriachan to Drumnadrochit

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