August 27 - We woke (after fitful sleep) to heavy rain and strong wind. It actually was just more of the same from all night long.

Due to the weather, we changed our plans and only have 7.5 miles to walk today to the next small town with an opening at a campground with a 'pod'. This is a shed with beds and heating in it. Not very fancy, but a place to dry out and stay warm overnight.

As the wind gusts grew stronger while we were waiting/dozing this morning, a tent stake pulled out of the rocky, saturated ground - that was an exciting, wet couple of minutes to get it fixed.

A few more hours of waiting for the weather to subside and we packed up at about noon even though it was still raining. We did miss some brutal wind and rain, but we still had plenty of rain, overflowing streams, and mud all along our hike.

Not much to share, but we did see a few interesting things. We walked through an extremely mossy forest, passed a lot of heather, and saw more ancient rock fences and ruins.

Probably the most interesting was walking through what supposedly was the site of the last big defeat for Robert the Bruce before he went into hiding for 2 years.

Here at the lodging area, we washed clothes and took really hot showers. Then, a short walk to the only restaurant in town for an ok meal and we're back in our 'pod' drying gear and looking forward to a longer, rainy hike tomorrow.

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