A slow start today due to checking out of the Drumnadrochit cottage and the long drive out to Skelbo. Passing over the Cromarty Bridge I got a message from Tracey to confirm that they would like to film me at Skelbo. Arriving at 11:20, Tracey and Holger were ready to proceed with filming and the interview, so we got started straightaway. I enjoyed chatting to Tracey on camera, and was tickled during the filming to see an osprey fishing, and then upwards of 30 eider duck feeding and preening behind me. As well as talking about the John O’Groats Trail, Tracey was keen to explore what motivates people to walk, and to what it’s like for a woman to walk alone. For much of the day I reflected further on the conversation and what Tracey had said. Slower time, it’s something I’d like to write about further. It was past mid-day before I started walking for real, and I was starting to think it unlikely and not necessary for me to walk further than Golspie. I was however lucky - the heavy ra...