My friend Aliisdair last walked the Lairig Ghru, a 20 mile pass through the highlands of Scotland, more than 50 years ago - when he was a young soldier. It was in the middle of winter and the whole route was covered in snow. He is planning to walk it again, (but not in the snow!) perhaps raising some money for charity along the way, and yesterday I helped with the first recce. We walked for almost 6 hours and covered almost 13 miles. Today the legs are a tad wobbly.
On the way back, to avoid getting bored coming back the same way as we went out, we decided, on the toss of a coin, to try a different route. All was going well until we came to a river with no obvious way of crossing it and staying dry. We followed its course a few hundred yards and found this "footbridge". I suppose that when we were younger we might have boldly strolled across, like tightrope walkers, using our arms to balance ourselves. But these days caution prevails and we sat on the tree trunk and inched our way across.
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