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     You can always walk back the way you came. If the weather is great and you are feeling super then that's the way to go - back over the Mam Barrisdale and back along the destitution road from Barrisdale to Kinlochhourn where your car awaits. A signpost at the start in Inverie says it is 14 miles to Kinlochhourn. That is a lie. It is longer. Your legs will have told you that when you walked in by that route. So, if you are a normal human being, you will welcome a less strenuous return. Take the ferry boat to Mallaig - 11am from inverie Pier every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. if you have important meetings and things to attend (there's no accounting for tastes) confirm these times with a phone call to Bruce Watt who runs the ferry. His number is 01687-462-320. The boat trip is a good one in normal conditions with fine views of the rugged hills of Morar and Loch Nevis. [PHOTO] In Mallaig be quick and you will catch the bus for Fort William where, if you have been quietly plotting this easy exit, you will have left a second car in the long-stay car-park by the railway station. If you don't fancy the bus, there is a train at four in the afternoon and on certain days there is a steam train for a nostalgic trip by one of the most scenic of railway lines.