Last night's wild camp site was the best so far. We had a beautiful flat spot, sheltered by the trees, only 20 yards off the trail. We got another early start this morning and were at the Glengoyne distillery by 10:30, in time for an 11:00 tour. Although the distillery was shut down for annual maintenance, it was an interesting tour anyway. It also felt nice to be doing something civilized. We learned some pretty interesting facts including an estimated 160,000 bottles of scotch are lost from evaporation from the barrels every year - the humanity!!! For this reason the guide told us not to make fun of any Scitsmen seen drinking from puddles. The location of the distillery, nestled up against the Campsie Fells, was very picturesque.
After the tour we blew through another 10 kilometres to Drymen. We stopped for supplies and then had lunch at the oldest pub in Scotland, the Clachan Inn, which was supposedly licensed in 1734. We enjoyed the food, and some more Wimbledon, before hitting the road around 3:30.
After another 10 km, being chased by flies most of the way, we found a patch of grass off the trail to make camp at. Thankfully we have come up with some games to keep our minds occupied when needed. Today we played "Count the Slugs". These are big black slugs 2-3 inches long. Ben counted 40 today, our best yet!!
As soon as we stopped walking to set up, we got our first taste of the Midgies. Yay!!! Now we know what everybody has been warning us about.
We are both looking forward to a long shower and some clean clothes tomorrow night. That will set us up nicely for the home stretch.
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