Loch Livin’

After a terrible night’s sleep in the cramped car, we were both pretty excited to get up and start the day. We decided we needed to buy a tent so we added that to the plan for the day. We packed up the car and started making our way towards Glencoe where we wanted to do some walks that day. On the way, we stopped at the Corpach Marina cafe again for breakfast, which turned out to the biggest breakfast we both had in our lives as we ordered a full scottish breakfast. After eating our own weight in food (H: so much meat!), we continued our drive out to Glencoe. The scenery was incredible, driving alongside huge lochs and through mountain valleys and rolling hills. We were hoping to stop at the Three Sisters for a walk but parking was hard to come by so we continued further and then eventually parked at the start of a walk which we didn’t know the name of (we later learnt the name was Buachaille Etive Beag). We didn’t really know where the walk would go to, but after 2 hours of climbing, we reached a 900m peak with stunning views across the valley, and perfect weather to boot. After a pretty exhausting walk back down to the car, we were ready to kick back and relax at a campground. A bit of searching took us to a beatiful campsite in Caolasnacon on the south shore of Loch Leven and we managed to find a spot by the water to pitch our tent. We headed out to Kinlochleven for a quick drink at a beautiful old pub/hotel overlooking a loch, and stopped off on the way back to grab groceries for dinner. Once back at the campsite we cooked up a delicious meal on our disposable bbq and got ready for a much more comfortable night’s rest in the tent. -VRead more