{"id":10268,"date":"1998-06-23T06:29:54","date_gmt":"1998-06-23T03:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/?p=10268"},"modified":"2016-09-07T13:36:27","modified_gmt":"2016-09-07T10:36:27","slug":"kyleakin-to-glen-nevis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/kyleakin-to-glen-nevis\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyleakin to Glen Nevis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1998\/06\/map2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10271\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1998\/06\/map2-1.jpg\" alt=\"map2\" width=\"440\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1998\/06\/map2-1.jpg 440w, https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1998\/06\/map2-1-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, I\u2019m in Glen Nevis and I\u2019ve seen where some of \u2018Braveheart\u2019 was filmed (all the \u2018Lanark\u2019 scenes, including Murron\u2019s murder.) Not much to see, but I definitely recognised the area. I\u2019m staying at the \u2018Ben Nevis Bunkhouse\u2019, a no frills place with self-catering, showers, loo, and bunkbeds. I must say I\u2019m a little nervous about staying here with two strange men who just walked in. They\u2019ve been keeping the place clean (I think), so it should be okay. Besides, my instinct isn\u2019t telling me to run!<\/p>\n<p>Glen Nevis is <em>gorgeous<\/em> and I\u2019ve hardly seen any of it! I\u2019m <em>very<\/em> glad that most of the Ben was shrouded in mist today; it looks high enough without seeing any further up! I\u2019ve got my map, food, and gear, and the weather tomorrow looks okay (but definitely not great). Still, tomorrow is my only day to climb, so I\u2019ll do the best I can. I\u2019ll be crying coming back up the hill to this bunkhouse, though!!! I had to walk into Fort William; it took me the better part of an hour. Considering where I\u2019m staying, and the name of the town, I feel like a pioneer or something! Coming back with heavy bags was no picnic, but about halfway \u2018home\u2019 a kind \u2018Fort Williamer\u2019 offered to carry my grocery bags. We started talking and all that, and I came <em><u>this<\/u><\/em> close to missing my turnoff. As though I didn\u2019t have far enough to go!! The \u2018nearest\u2019 phone which accepts a phonecard is 15 minutes away. I\u2019m in the boonies, baby!<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s incredible up here. It\u2019s a rather exposed area, so the wind is really gusting and the rain is scraping our cheeks. It\u2019s the kind of place where you just want to wrap a woollen plaid over your head and walk for ever!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I\u2019m in Glen Nevis and I\u2019ve seen where some of \u2018Braveheart\u2019 was filmed (all the \u2018Lanark\u2019 scenes, including Murron\u2019s murder.) Not much to see, but I definitely recognised the area. I\u2019m staying at the \u2018Ben Nevis Bunkhouse\u2019, a no frills place with self-catering, showers, loo, and bunkbeds. I must say I\u2019m a little nervous [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[682,680,18,3,56],"tags":[853],"class_list":["post-10268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fort-william","category-glen-nevis","category-scotland","category-travel","category-uk","tag-accommodation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10268\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}