West Highland Way Scottish Highlands

Scottish Highlands , Scotland, United Kingdom
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    Attraction Type:

    Scenic railroad, Scenic/historic walking area, Hiking trail, Trail

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  • 1

    Day 8 - Kinlochleven - Fort William - 14 miles

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    ... of the trip. Finally, just as my feet were literally starting to drag, we arrived at a signpost saying: END OF THE WEST HIGHLAND WAY. We posed for glory shots with the sign and walked another 50 meters to our B&B, The Distillery House. We picked it ...

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    Day 13 - A long start to the Great Glen Way

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    ... nurse who when Bob asked her where in the world she wanted to go for her 10 year anniversary celebration, chose walking the West Highland Way, just down the road so to speak! Yep, our kind of people and just to make for the perfect anniversary experience ...

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    Day 21 - First day of West Highland Way

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    ... at the door of the Guest House, for a pick up service which we have organised for the next 8 days while we walk the West Highland Way.  What a delight it is to walk off with just a modest day pack for Keith and no backpack for Debby.  At this ...

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    Day 20 - A rest day and our first hospital visit

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    ... repair flaggie on his return to Melbourne.  The only thing left to report today is that tomorrow we start the West Highland Way.  Our guide book says the Great Glen Way was a doddle by comparison!  Our joyous expectations therefore, of ...

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    Day 89 - Lord of the flies

    ... took a small turn for the worse. For more than 2 months the insect world (with the exception of a bunch of midges on the West Highland Way) had let me be and it appeared that they wished now to catch up on lost time. For the next hour or so, almost ...

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    Day 77 - Top of the world.....sort of

    Last day on the West Highland Way and after necking breakfast (milk shake and a smoothie), it was back to where I left the trail yesterday. This was a mistake, as leaving the road to get back to the WHW, the trail then strolls around for 1/2 mile only ...

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    Dementor Attack!

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    ... the occasion.  I had a couple of hours to kill and wandered back into town to collect my “I walked the West Highland Way” certificate at a pub, which seemed sort of fitting, then back to the station to board a train for Edinburgh.  ...

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    Aaron climbs the highest mountain in the UK

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    ... decided to do a less ambitious walk which would go from our hostel, just outside of Fort William, to Kinlochleven on the West Highland Way, about an 18km walk, but without gaining much altitude.  it was an excellent walk, giving us amazing views of ...

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    The best laid plans (part 2)

    ... last time that we wrote was in Edinburgh; from there we hopped a train to Milngavie (via Glasgow) for the start of the West Highland Way.  Despite the fact that Milngavie (pronounced Mill-guy) was the smallest town we'd been in for ages, we promptly ...

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    Happy Trails to You: West Highland Way Tips

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    ... that in introduced me to Scotland’s Aly McBain.  Learn more about him here: http://www.philandaly.com/ Other West Highland Way Resources The Official Guide Book: Aitken and Smith. 2010. The West Highland Way, ninth edition. Edinburgh: Birlinn ...