Day 8
4th September

A short day to Taagan. Quite heavy rain fell while we lay awake but it shortly stopped and we were away. Towards the top of the first hill out of Poolewe the rain came on again and continued on and off until we reached Loch Maree. In view of the rain we paid little notice to the scenery although some was quite pleasant.
We stopped for a while in Slatterdale Forest and then the rain stopped and it started to brighten up. Loch Maree looked good in spite of the weather and we watched the clouds swirling around Slioch before reaching the campsite at Taagan which surprisingly was free of charge. We visited the Nature reserve Visitor Centre but decided not to walk the mountain trail in view of the weather and the fact that we were quite tired. We returned to the tent for a rest and spent the rest of the afternoon and evening fighting off the midges.