Walking by 6.30am. We make it to the road crossing by 8.30 and there are chocolates and iced water. Even at this time in the morning, it is too hot to enjoy the chocolates but the water is much appreciated. We later discover that Stickbuilt has bee here and left drinks at 10.30am, two hours after we have passed through.
We have lunch at Eagles Nest Shelter - there is a small spring to get water, which is about a metre below the surface, and which needs a small cup which takes a long time to quarter fill. We gradually top up our water bottles. The trail has some very rocky sections and the heat of the afternoon takes its toll on us. We reach Port Clinton at 5.00pm and make for the Union House B&B where we have booked a night. There is no-one there. We are completely exhausted, water deprived and stressed. Finally 'Herbert' one of the owners turns up and lets us in to the bar, pours us flat cokes with ice and gives us a plate of watermelon. Kathy the other owner finally arrives and fluffs around while we sit and wait. We don't get shown to our room until 6.15pm. It is full of antique junk and we have to leave our packs on the ground floor by the door! Very unfriendly to hikers. The bathroom on our floor has no shower. If we want to have a shower we have to go to the basement.
Sandy and Stickbuilt arrive, and we call Scatters on the mobile - she is at the hotel down the road - she, Stucco and One Life join us for dinner, cooked by Herbert. We are the only diners. It has an air of Fawlty Towers, and the cost is so expensive for so little that I am very angry and determined to make sure that no other hiker gets ripped off by staying here.
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