Thursday, July 13, 2023 I could have sworn that check-out time was 11, but when I look again at 9:55, it says that it’s 10. We start packing in a frenzy, washing the dishes still in the sink, getting everything straightened out, checking to make sure that we didn’t leave anything behind. Turns out that …
Wednesday, July 12, 2023 Chill morning. I have breakfast and try and fail once again to write, and then eventually we head out for another jam-packed day. First stop is the Museum of Brands, since it’s right around the corner from our flat. It’s extremely random and specific but very cool. It’s a collection of …
Monday, July 10, 2023 I know there’s something to be said for getting an early start, but if all the things you want to go to don’t open until 10 anyway, what’s the point? That’s my thought, anyway, as I languidly sip several coffees and get lost on Instagram for a while. The apartment is …
Sunday, July 9, 2023 We meet Hermione for breakfast at the New Town Fox, which is farther than we thought and takes a hot minute on the bus, but we get there. Breakfast is delicious, and the place itself is great. It’s a really cute little cafe nestled into a small building in, as the …
Saturday, July 8, 2023 It’s really hard to leave the apartment this morning. This place has been so perfect. I could easily see moving somewhere like this. But alas, we get the time that we get, so after my chill multi-coffee start, it’s time to say goodbye to our cozy little Fort William home. We …
Friday, July 7, 2023 In reality, the clouds that I use to justify my decision not to hike Ben Nevis today are probably very temporary, and indeed later in the day they part and reveal a perfect morning, but the fact is that when I wake up, I simply to not feel like hiking. So …
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Ireland/UK Day 15 July 5, 2023 21 miles hiked Getting ready to leave the bunkhouse is a little bit of a struggle. I knock my water bottle off the bed, wrestle with the duvet cover and fitted sheet, try and fail to remember where and how I pack things, and eventually get myself passably together …
Ireland/UK Day 14 July 4, 2023 13 miles hiked The best bit about staying in a bed and breakfast is the breakfast. Ours is large, filling, and very Scottish; I think I consume an entire day’s worth of sodium in the bacon alone. There’s also homemade marmalade and preserves, which the owners make themselves. As …
Ireland/UK Day 12 July 2, 2023 15.4 miles hiked Despite feeling like absolute death last night, I feel pretty good this morning—after stretching anyway. I guess this achilles thing is just going to be for life. I need to make sure I do better with doing all of my stretches every single day, before and …
Ireland/UK Day 11 July 1, 2023 19.3 miles hiked I’m out of practice with getting ready for a long hiking day. I fumble around with the coffee maker, pack some things, forget some other things I was going to pack, have to repack, mess up the Nespresso somehow, the simplest coffee maker ever, have to …
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Sarahmarie Specht-Bird 