Day 103 Laggan to Fort Augustus

Today was a shorter day (I’ve heard that before) to Fort Augustus. We set off in the low cloud having got a lift back to where we left the path yesterday to avoid the A82. We walked through woodland, planted by Thomas Telford, possibly not personally. We passed a swing bridge, which opened to let […]

Day 102 One Thousand Miles

Today I hit the thousand mile mark. I knew I was close, and due to yesterday’s mileage being higher than anticipated (13.2 miles) I was very close. I reached the thousand miles at the Mucomir Power Station. The path was truly lovely. Large oak and beech trees, Scots pines, a path soft underfoot and views […]

Day 101 The Great Glen Way

Today we started the Great Glen Way (GGW) which runs north-east from Fort William to Inverness. The start of the GGW, it has to be said, is not impressive. The guidebook says to come out of the station, walk through Morrison’s car park and turn left beside MacDonalds. We first bought some lunch for the […]

Day 100 Rest day 16 Fort William

I do enjoy rest days. Particularly when the weather is not ideal for walking. Like today which is the hottest day of the week. I slept like a log for a good eight and a half hours and again we had a leisurely breakfast. We are staying at the Muthu Fort William Hotel, having previously […]

Day 99 Fort William and the end of the West Highland Way

Today we woke to blue skies. We had breakfast in the hostel (a diy affair of oats and a rather chemical tasting blueberry muffin) before heading uphill to start our fifteen mile day. The path wound steeply uphill through woods for the first mile or so. We passed a few walkers (I’m obviously fitter than […]

Day 98 The Devil’s Staircase

Today was to be a short day, just 8 miles according to the map. We didn’t want to arrive in Kinlochleven too early so we had a leisurely breakfast (with good coffee) then read for a while before leaving at ten. The other reason for leaving later was that we hoped the low cloud would […]

Day 97 Eleven miles to Kingshouse

We woke this morning to a peaceful, dry -in the sense that it wasn’t actually raining, the air was pretty damp – morning. We packed up the tents and made our way to the hotel for breakfast. We were on our way by 9.20 with another short day of about ten miles. In the end […]

Day 96 Wild camping at Inveroran

We left the Ben Doran hotel after a rather average breakfast and returned to the trail. We walked about half a mile before the trail took us back to the main road only a hundred yards or so from the hotel. That’s what happens if you don’t bother looking at the map. The WHW suggests […]

Day 95 West Highland Way day 4, an easier day to Tyndrum

Today was an easier day, less strenuous and shorter. I slept well, waking only to the traffic noise at some point in the night. Traffic? At this time? My sleepy brain had mistaken the river for traffic. I fell asleep again. Breakfast was good, just the thing to set you up for the day. We […]

Day 93 Bad Shoe Day

Today was a fifteen mile day on the east side of Loch Lomond along the bonnie banks and braes-just be thankful you weren’t there to hear my singing. First, the bonnie brae, Conic Hill. I have read about Conic Hill. I thought it was just a cone shaped hill. No, it is a massive hill. […]