Wigtwizzle - Norman Smith's Travel Blog.: waters of nevis

Time to head back down again. As usual I first went down Glen Nevis and for my endeavour, got a very nice cloud clearance,especially at the head of the glen.

I also stopped on the edge of Rannoch Moor and took a couple of photos looking back towards The Three Sisters of Glencoe. Unfortunately I had to make do with roadside compositions as the ground was very wet and I only had trainers on.

This was my last visit until I go up to Gairloch with Sal in September. I would have liked it to have been a bit longer and maybe include a visit to The Isle Of Skye but the following week I was due to start my course of radiotherapy. Hopefully the after effects of my treatment won't affect that trip.

The highlight of my break was, without doubt my first introduction to Glen Orchy and I can't wait to go back there.

Low cloud, Glen Nevis

River Nevis

Lagangarbh, Glen Nevis

Alltnafeadh, Glen Nevis

River Nevis

Woodland Path

Glen Coe

I paid an early morning final visit to Glen Nevis before heading back to Cumbria. The light was amazing and it was so calm. I drove up to the parking area for The Nevis Gorge and had a short walk from there. I didn't completely go through the gorge as I only had trainers on and the ground was quite rocky but what I walked, I enjoyed. There was some lovely waterfalls lower down from the car park which just cried out to be photographed.

I eventually dragged myself away and set off back. On the way down I called in at The Glencoe Visitor Centre for a coffee and a bit of lunch and also stopped off at Loch Lubhair where I took some photos of the amazing reflections in the still loch.

I'd had a great few days away but the journey back was marred by the worry of what lay in store on my return. As it turned out the tests on my prostate had come out positive but on a positive note, the cancer hadn't spread to any onther parts of my body.

Writing this blog two months after the diagnosis, I am now having hormone therepy which I will have for the next three years, plus I will be going through a course of radiotherepy sometime over the coming months. The side effects of the therepy have knocked me for six a bit. I get tired so easy and have lost a lot of muscle power but apart from that, I don't feel poorly in anyway, shape or form.

My side effects do seem to be slowly easing and I have been on a few walks in the past week so there are positive signs. I have also been on a two week holiday to Somerset which I will blog later and also been up to my caravan in The Lakes where I have recieved incredible support from my friends. So I'm feeling pretty positive and will hopefully be blogging for many years to come.

Glen Nevis

Lower Falls

Nevis Gorge

Waterfall, Nevis Gorge

Loch Lobhair

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