Fact finding

I was away on a freebie to various businesses along the West Highland Way on Monday and Tuesday. It was organised by the Southern Upland Way partnership to find out why the WHW is a rip roaring success and the SUW... isn't. A packed itinerary included visits to a tearoom in Luss, the Green Welly stop in Tyndrum (family owned, been going 40 years, 85 employees - pretty significant in a town of 150 odd), the Ice factory in Kinlochleven and the Atlas brewery next door (the coldest place I have ever been!)
If the only good thing to come out of the trip was the price list from Atlas (who also own the Orkney brewery and distribute Paul Theakston's Black Sheep beers) then it was worthwhile. The trip also included a trip to the famous Clachaig Inn at the end of Glencoe whose bar and cellar layout had me green with envy. Twice the space behind the bar that we have, and a huge cellar just next door instead of 15 metres away.
Quite an exhausting two days mainly due to the heavy schedule and travelling, but nothing to what Lorna had to put up with...