Day 6
Thursday 19th May - Garva Bridge to Kingussie
We left Garva bridge with the intention of ascending Geal Charn but it disappeared before our very eyes as the cloud came down well below 600 metres. We then started the long road walk to Kingussie following the line of General Wades' Road past the Monadhliath Hotel where we met up again with Jo & Jean who had stopped for coffee. Soon after this we found a phone box and Avril rang her school to give a progress report. It was still raining with very poor visibility towards the hills.
Taking lunch in the forest the rain began to subside and stopped altogether as we approached the Falls of Truim. We crossed the A9 and went back on to Wades' Road, a good track across the moor, via Phones. After one stop we realised that I had left the camera hanging on a fence post, this entailed a walk back to retrieve it of over two kilometres. Avril pushed on, as she had the map she left stone markers at every junction for me to follow, and I caught her as she was fording a burn near Luibleathann. We reached Kingussie at about 5:40 and booked in to The Heritage B&B with very sore, tired feet. We ate out at The Royal Hotel, not wonderful, and then partook of a few drinks with other Challengers before retiring to bed at 10pm.
