Inverness to Fort William – Day 8 - c500 miles

Another day - and another mammoth journey by train. So up before 6:00 for breakfast at the station and the 7:40 out of Fort William to Glasgow – just four hours across the highlands past Loch Lomond, which to be honest was a scenic as the run to Mallaig and was not raining all the way either.

Then a short run from Glasgow to Edinburgh across the lowland belt to arrive well in time for the next train and the leg to Peterborough. Again we board a very packed train and cram in our lunch on the go. A long four hours pass and we’re back in Peterborough and have an hour to kill.

The final train takes us to Bury again for the 'bus replacement service'. Ipswich is looking dark and murky by the time we arrive but there are plenty of taxis so we hop in one and finally, 12 hours later we’re home.

In all almost 1200 miles - mostly by train.