A plague of midges greet us with the morning sun at our make shift campsite. This speeds up our morning routine of striking camp and loading the boats. We are soon under way, as we continue to float and paddle our way along the River Pean.
The journey is filled with such contrasts. One minute, waist deep in water and barely able to stand, we are lugging our heavy boats through a rock filled rapid. The next, we are drifting lazily along at a speed dictated solely by the current of the river. Eventually the River Pean feeds into Loch Arkaig. We stop for a spot of lunch on the bank that was supposed to be our campsite last night!
Refreshed and raring to go, we paddle along the south coast of Loch Arkaig. The slight tail wind is most welcome and helps us to catch up the distance that we lost yesterday. We reach our planned campsite, on the south east edge of the Loch, squeeze our tents between the trees and build a camp fire to keep away the midges (with limited success). We then settle in to enjoy our final camping experience for this trip as tomorrow we join the Great Glen Canoe Trail.
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