Fort William, early June. Generally seemed a bit grim in the past but its actually quite pleasant sitting out in the sunshine in the park...amazing the effect of a bit of sunshine.

Anyway, all munros northwest of the Great Glen (114 of them I make it...) climbed, so trip is pretty much going according to plan. Although did head here a couple of days prematurely and miss out a cycle loop to the peaks around the Laggan road. The back of wheel of the bike (which had been slightly bent since Torridon / Kinlochewe, about 200 bike miles ago!) gave way on the way to Spean Bridge from Loch Arkaig, so changed course and headed very slowly (the wheel was just about straight enough to force past the frame) for the nearest bike shop instead. Wheel pronounced dead on arrival and being replaced. This weekend is the first significant time out of the trip - headed down on the sleeper tonight for Paul Morris's wedding at the weekend. So limited in what could be done in the meantime - after much studying of maps decided that any mountains I could do in 1.5 days would increase the overall effort as would still need to go back to finish off those areas later, so instead am having an unprecedented five consecutive rest days - anyone would think this is a holiday! Won't be bad for the knees though - although the thighs now seem to be able to recover very fast after big days with 7,000-8,000' of ascent, knees giving the occasional twinge. A rest cure could therefore be useful!

Obviously have missed out a lot of stuff again - will try to add more in at the weekend if I can. Lots of backpacking and mixed success with food parcels - the one in Strathfarrar was utterly untouched, the one in Affric had been vaporised. Only a slightly rusty gas cannister and a couple of tins confirmed that I was looking in the right place. Food generally good though - if anything the problem has been eating enough to avoid ending up with lots at the end of a section (i.e. extra weight carried for no reason!). More wild weather as well - the snow returned briefly, and at the end of May was again wading through knee fresh snow on Ben Fada.