Planned: Sourlies bothy to Kinbreack bothy
Actual: as planned
Distance: 18 km
Ascent: 750 m
Second day of walking started as half sunny, half overcast, but no rain. The path from Sourlies zigzagged along the Finiskaig river and all was well. Our team of three trotted happily onwards.
In the afternoon we reached Glendessary and parted ways with Anna, who continued towards Loch Arkaig. Greg and I fought our way up the path along All na Feithe, and fight we most certainly did. Mostly it felt like walking on a giant, squishy sponge. No complaints about the scenery, though, and it didn't even rain. The air was so moist, though, that it felt like it did.
When we got to Glen Kingie, it turned out the ground was even wetter. The path kept disappearing, as did my boots, into this brown, wet, boggy thing that is Scotland.
Finally, after 11 hours of walking (and resting, and half swimming in the bog) we got to the Kinbreack bothy. Greg slept in the bothy, I pitched my tent next to the ruined building on the left, and in the morning found out that apparently everyone treated it as an outhouse.
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