Day 89: Drymen to Rowardennan

A fantastic day's walking! It was a little overcast but warm... another T-shirt kind of day. We set off out of the village after a great night's sleep and good brekkie with great company... Kip-in-the-Kirk is a great place to stay...  

Today our walk would follow the Eastern shore of the Loch

and following our glimpse of Loch Lomond as we approached Drymen yesterday, we got a better view today as we entered Garadhban Forest.

We then began to gently climb and as can be seen from the map, we had initially planned to take the low route but were seduced by the promis of great views and decided to take the higher option over Conic Hill (we were also well and truly over flat uninteresting walking).

As we viewed the path up Conic Hill we were a little phased

but our choice was duly rewarded as we surveyed the magnificent views of Loch Lomond

which just got better,

and better.

Then, as we began our descent, the vista opened up even more

until we were along side the Loch

and for the rest of the day we followed a path through ups and downs, alongside the Loch

and by rural land, and

through woods.

Then finally, we could see Ben Lomond in the distance (not that we are going to bag that, or any otherMunro). 

After what seemed like innumerable climbs and descents, we reached the Youth Hostel

with its view across the loch... We were "home" for the night.