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Betty the black Pug, Locks, and Japanese

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Day 10 Walking (no walk - but hopefully tomorrow). Saturday, June 15 Forest Lodge, South Laggan to The Holt, Fort Augustus  10.5 miles - traversed by City Link bus service.   15752 Steps which unfortunately were not on the Great Glen Way ☹️ Sea birds fly inland up and down the Great Glen following the Caledonian Canal from the Atlantic Ocean to the North Sea using it as a flight path.  Hosts from the Forest Lodge, Laura and Loraine looked alike.  They came to Scotland to run their dream of a B&B. Formerly they were high school teachers, but were burned out by the system.  An unidentifiable fruit was in the breakfast mix. Turned out the tiny sharp tasting berries were fresh black currants.  Betty the two year old rescue pug from Yorkshire  The 5 bikers and driver staying last night were on a sponsored LEJOG ride to raise money for their local hospice.  They were peddling 100 miles each day.  My bus had to slow doen on a long  curving ...