I was out bagging the last of my White Mounth Munros today, starting from Glen Callater (full report to follow). So I was back to Lochcallater Lodge nearing 4 pm and there was a shiny new (well 58 plate) top-of-the-range Range Rover parked off the track. Thought estate workers get paid a decent wedge and after 9 hours on the hoof thought what I'd give for a lift. Then 5 minutes down the track there was a gent sat up 100m or so up the hillside with a note or sketch book. We exchanged waves and I set off after a group of 3 walker 200m or so up the route. I was so knackered I didn't catch this group, but about 1k from the car park I hear this Range Rover. So I move to the right verge and the 4x4 pulls up and the driver asks "How are you?". Me: "fine". Driver: "Would you like a lift". Me: "No thanks, I'm fine". Driver is no other than the future King
As a republican it was the only answer I could give
(mind you if he had offered up at Lochcallater Lodge I'm not so sure what my response would have been!
That gave me the spring in my step to catch up with the 3 walks (from Dundee) - and yes HRH had offered them a lift too.
Told the story to my wife but without give the name of the drive and asked her to guess. First response: Jerry Clarkson!, second Iain Banks (I'm a big Iain [M] Banks fan). When I said more famous than Iain Banks she got it.
File under "I kid you not!"
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