Day 11 Inverness Campsite

Managed to get into my tent for the night before the rain started. Still raining when I woke, so I spent another two hours in 'bed'. Warm and humid - midge bites still itching. At 9am it was dry enough to walk into Inverness. At one time I thought that I was looking at the river in the distance, but it turned out to be flooding on the road!

I tried to get my pack repaired by a cobbler but he couldn't get the stitching in near enough to support the rods. Had two goes and said that as he couldn't guarantee what he had done there would be no charge. Found another cobbler, who put in a bit more stitching in the pack harness and he charged me 4 pounds. I have not too much confidence the stitching will hold, so I will not be able to tension the straps to fit the pack snugly to my back. However it should be better than having a 3 inch steel spike sitting near my buttock.

I am now going to try and buy some small quantities of soap, shampoo and foot powder to last until Pitlochry. I leave for Tomatin tomorrow, where I hope to get into the one and only B&B. I intend travelling along General Wade's military road.