The trusty Norwegian weather site predicted rain from 3 am which would stop at 10 am. It was right on both counts and I left Ayr in the dry. But it didn’t predict it would start raining again and rain on and off all day necessitating a hasty climb into the rain suit in a carpark just off the ferry at Dunoon.

Since then I’ve been wet all day and my spirits flagged seriously rising when I reached the stunning and unusual landscape of Glen Coe. It’s on page 2 of my two page map of Scotland so I have some progress. Driving past a big commercial campsite in Glencoe village because I knew this cool campsite was 4 miles down the road was also very satisfying (for a while at least).

This place is stunning and I still haven’t got my head round the amazing scenery here of the loch the mountains and the ever moving clouds. However, clouds mean rain and I jumped insure my just fabricated tent in time to shelter from another shower and write this. I feel I don’t want to linger on this rainy holiday. I remember that the washroom was crowded and the floor was wet and muddy.

I will reach my target of Durness at the top of Scotland but get there tomorrow or the day later. I find the rain very tedious.