{"id":17435,"date":"2023-01-23T05:14:41","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T12:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=17435"},"modified":"2023-01-23T05:16:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T12:16:22","slug":"time-in-fort-william","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=17435","title":{"rendered":"time in Fort William"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I had two rest days<\/strong> in Fort William after my West Highland Way walk. My first morning starts out with quite a downpour, and so I get some help calling a taxi to take me across town to the local launderet. I desperately needed to do laundry. Just as the taxi arrives the rain lets up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The launderet<\/strong> was only three or four miles from where I was staying, so I fare my driver good day as I decide to walk back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I enter and unload my backpack and stuff everything that needed washing into a tub. The ladies working the launderet give me bemused looks, as I’m certainly not the first hiker they’ve encountered. I’m told it will be about 40 minutes in the washer, but I can get a coffee and a pastry at the shop next door. I take a book and head over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’m enjoying my morning sipping coffee <\/strong>in front of the store window as my clothes go through the washer and then tumble dry. The book I have holds my interest, and I savor this kind of freedom that I rarely get.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I stuff the clean clothes back into my pack, the smell makes me smile. I start the slow walk back, looking forward to strolling through Fort William.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I take in the beauty<\/strong> of small graveyards that I pass, mixed in with old churches and more modern shops for outdoor enthusiasts. Sheep grazing on small hills, the ships that move along the coastal waterway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Above it all though is a omnipotent presence that looms over everything. The mighty Ben Nevis. Clouds swirls around this mighty mountain, hiding it’s true height and stature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I marvel at the great mountain as I walk, preparing myself for my second rest day in Fort William. The day I attempt to summit the great Ben.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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