Category: Scottish Highlands and beyond
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Ah, what a journey is the West Highland Way!
Scotland, 2014: Thirteen days afoot, more than 150 miles. It is time to write the journalist's “30” on this journey. We are jumping on a bus tomorrow and heading to Inverness for a couple days before driving to Fife to see our dear friends there. A week in a Crail seaside cottage sounds amazing just…
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Short walk – full day
While Reg “went the extra mile” for us today, in search of lunch, I relaxed and admired the view from the restaurant patio of The Great Glen Water Park. I was promised a short day; just nine miles. No backtracking for me…my feet were not going to walk any more than that! Today was a…
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A wild store chase on the Great Glen Way
Our walking in Scotland has taken us through some quite remote areas. We have had to plan carefully to make sure we have food to fuel our weary bodies. The Great Glen Way has had even fewer shops or eating places than the West Highland Way. It is not unusual to walk 12 miles…
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Coast-to-coast on the Great Glen Way
After our second day on the 73-mile Great Glen Way, we are staying in a great hostel in South Laggan. We scored a private en suite room. It helps to be one of the first to arrive! We have trekked about 130 miles from Glasgow and we are sore and tired. When we planned the…
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Back at sea level
We said good-bye to Fort William Sunday morning as we continued on our trek through Scotland. We also said good-bye to some familiar faces. We've (proudly) been keeping pace with a group of college kids for the last few days. Sometimes passing them on the trail, but more often getting passed up by the foursome.…
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Scottish weather at the finish line
The skies over the Highlands opened for our ninth day of walking from Glasgow. The rain also kept crowds at home as we walked into the end of the West Highland Way in Fort William largely unnoticed. Days of rain: Just one! Miles: about 108 We are due to start the Great Glen Way to…
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The magical West Highlands tour takes us away
Camaraderie has progressed as we get deeper into the Highlands on the West Highland Way. There is a sense of impending accomplishment as those of us in Kinlochleven tonight anticipate our 16-mile walk to Fort William and the end of the trail. We are bunking in a hostel tonight after staying in extraordinary 300-year-old…
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A desolate, but stunning landscape
It's difficult to capture the expansive beauty of the highlands. The views go on as far as the eye can see without a spec of civilization in sight. Because there are no services out this way, our hotel packed a lunch for us and we ate trail side. We made good time today, arriving…
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