Walking the West Highland Way
25 June 2009
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On Tuesday I will be setting off to walk the West Highland Way – a 95 mile walk from Milngavie at the outskirts of Glasgow to Fort William. I have decided against camping because I don’t own a tent and I don’t really want to have to carry one. Instead, I have booked a mixture of hostels, bunk houses and a wigwam to sleep at along the way.
The amount of time spent walking the West Highland Way is a personal choice. I have chosen to attempt it over 6 days, but it common for people to spend anywhere from 4 to 10 days walking it, some even choose to run it – the current record is 15 hours 44 minutes and 50 seconds! My plan is as follows:
- Day 1: Milngavie to Drymen, 12 miles
- Day 2: Drymen to Rowardennan, 15 miles
- Day 3: Rowardennan to Crianlarich, 20 miles
- Day 4: Crianlarich to Bridge of Orchy, 13 miles
- Day 5: Bridge of Orchy to Kinlochleven, 21 miles
- Day 6: Kinlochleven to Fort William, 14 miles
Hopefully the weather will be good so that this long walk isn’t made any tougher.
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You are so lucky!!! This is a trip of a lifetime!
Good luck with the weather &&&&& the midgies!!! Loved doing this walk, we took 7 days and booked our accomodation on the 3B principle….. they all had to have a bed, bath & bar, lol
i hope it went well for you. i did it in 2009 as well about a month befor you started it and we loved it