Day 5
Wednesday 18th May - Blackburn Bothy to Garva Bridge
There had been some heavy rain in the night and we awoke to heavy threatening skies which proceeded to dump rain on us as we broke camp. It was a long pull up hill from the bothy along General Wades' Military Road (or what is left of it) with the weather getting worse all the time. At the point where we were due to leave the track across to Corrieyairack Hill we could see no more than 25 metres so we decided to abandon that attempt and try for the Monadhliaths tomorrow.
Continuing down the track we arrived at Melgarve Bothy in time for lunch.
Here two lads with bikes had left the fire going so we dried out a bit. Leaving the bothy at 12:30 we only did another 6km and decided to camp at Garva Bridge even though it was only 2pm.
At least we were in the right place for a crack at the hills on Thursday.
