Great Glen 3: Laggan to Kiliwhimin (Fort Augustus)

I'm tucked up safely in Fort Augustus at the bottom of Loch Ness. Today's walk was not too strenuous, so I have already have 4 hours to explore the town and eat. It's a much nicer tourist trap that Fort William - I nearly bought a tartan cap, but didn't in the end because it would be just another thing to carry. It's looking increasingly wet over the next four days and I don't want wet wool in my belongings. Such things may have to wait til the tail end of my trip. 

Most of today was spent on a path reclaimed from an old railway line along Loch Oichy and the Caledonian Canal. I ran into several other walkers who have all set out from Fort William at the same time as myself - Patrick the Welshman, Eve the British Girl, Jay and Joe from Australia, and Tim from Worcester. We cross paths on the path and then meet up in the pubs or guesthouses later in the evening. Most of us are going to end up doing the Big Day from Drumnadrochit to Inverness together, the final day, the 31 kilomedter section. I think I can make it. Tomorrow and the next day are not too strenuous by comparison. 

Time to upload some photos now. They'll give a better idea of the situation than my words, for the Great Glen is hard to explain - a canal beside a river that turns into a loch that turns back into a can and two rivers? Check the pictures. 

Oh, in other news - Great Glen lochs names are amusingly silly. The Great Glen Way starts at Fort William on Loch Linnhe (Loch of the Pool of Water), which was formerly called Lochaber (Loch of the Dark Pool). The River Lochy and Loch Lochy are both named after The Dark Reflective Black Goddess, whoever she may be. Loch Oich is next up the Great Glen fault and I can't even find out what that means. Last is Loch Ness, which means the Loch of the Great Water. Take me hence to Inverness, and the mouth of the Loch of the Great Water.