Karen and I just got back from a fantastic hiking trip in Scotland. We started to plan our hike on the West Highland Way two years ago and then Karen badly broke her right leg. What to do? Well Karen's surgeon thought that she might just recover fast enough to do the trip. That in itself made her quite determined to do the training to be ready. Karen only started walking in April. This was going to be a challenge. The training was tough but Karen's determination to be ready was impressive. Karen started off with crutches hobbling down the street a few hundred meters and the week before we left for Scotland, she walked 20 km. I knew she was ready. After only 7 months, Karen's dream to walk the West Highland Way was going to be a reality.
The hike itself was fabulous. Waking in the highlands is absolutely stunning. Some of the days we walked 25 plus kms. We also walked by many a trout stream that had brown trout, lochs with trophy brown trout and rivers that had amazing Atlantic Salmon fly fishing. Yes I was twitching but this trip was about something else.
I do have to say that the rivers we walked by seemed to be run by fly fishing clubs or by land owners.
It was good for us to put the fly rods away and do this trip. We owe Dr. Bill Young a big thanks for encouraging us to do this trip. The 154 km walk was spectacular and we will remember it for years to come.
Well it is not winter yet. Time to get the fly rods organized and get out there!
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