My second day hiking the West Highland Way was less successful than my first. I had unfortunately not paid proper attention to how much micro fiber tape I had left from previous hikes, and so I ran out first thing in the morning. Since I wasn’t wearing suitable footwear, and had no tape blisters started to form pretty early in the day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX9d9WLGDxg
If you’re going to hike like I did… wear proper fitting/broken in shoes for hiking. Wool socks are also much better for absorbing sweat than the cotton ones I was wearing. Tape, socks, shoes. They make a huge difference.
At any rate, I was able to get a nice time lapse of Ben Lomond on this hike, but I wasn’t particularly satisfied with the first stages of the West Highland Way. It’s an experience that I’m glad I attempted, but it’s not worth lugging tons of camera equipment with you. At least not for these first two days. I imagine that the last half of the full trail has some great scenery.
Aside from the time lapse, I only ended up with about eight photos that I was satisfied with. You can see them over on my flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/allegrodigital/sets/72157646306034728/