I'm an adventurer in my 60s - solo hiking the West Highland Way was surprisingly tough

I'm an adventurer in my 60s - solo hiking the West Highland Way was surprisingly tough

This will be easy, I thought, as I downloaded the West Highland Way map – only 96 miles. The ups didn’t look too bad and there were plenty of water sources. I then doubled down on the jinx with a bit of pride-before-a-fall.I’ve walked across entire countries. I’ve walked across the Sahara, and around landmines. I think of myself as a bit of an Indiana Jones for girls. But five days later when I took off my boots after 13 hours of solid rain, I f…