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I'll start at the beginning and try to write in chronological order although a lot of memories seem to have become
mixed up. We left early on Sunday 27th August and the whole day was spent traveling up to Fort William by minibus.
This was a very long journey of about 9 hours but spirits were high as everyone was anticipating an excellent trip.
We spent the first two nights in a youth hostel near Fort William.
The day after we arrived, after a leisurely wake up, we went to see the sights of Fort William. We also did some last
minute shopping for fruit and the like. In the afternoon we went to visit the Assessor of our expedition who had very
kindly agreed to let us borrow her husband's and her sea kayaks, as we had no prior experience in paddling sea kayaks.
The trial was a success and we took to the sea kayaks as well as could have been hoped. We returned to the
youth hostel
that evening via the local award winning chip shop, mmmmm. This was our last night in a bed for three nights and we all
made the most of it. To read our day by day report click on next. |