This was a long and pretty tough day - one that I had been anticipating for a while. There was heavy rain overnight and by the morning there was a small leak on one of the seams - one of the Swedish cloths was sufficient to absorb the small puddle forming but I’d have to watch that on subsequent nights. I packed everything bar the tent up before breakfast (continental/porridge) - the midges were delighted to greet me - before taking down a very wet tent! I left the bunkhouse at 8:30. The walk down from the bunkhouse was enhanced by the drama of the Arklet Water in spate - as were all the burns and cascades on the walk today. The section between Inversnaid and Inveraran is notorious and guidebooks warn that although it is by the loch, it undulates over rocky ground. In itself I enjoyed it, but it was slow going and made harder by the persistent heavy rain which meant the path was now muddy, and the stones and tree roots potentially slippy. In the event, the rock was act...