At the bottom near the road I was ahead, hoping to reach the car well before Howard and so save him the trouble of the 1km walk back up the road to where the car was parked. However just as I was nearing the road the path plunged into dense rhododendrons, but seemed to continue on through them, narrow at times. I then emerged into a very boggy open space, then it was back into the rhododendrons, suspecting by now that I was no longer on the main path at all. There was more deep bog just near the river and finally I came out onto the road. From there I had just a short walk back up to the car, with Howard appearing not far behind me.

Caledonian pines above Corrie Hallie