by Border Reiver » Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:04 pm
Get fit first & don't try to blitz the walk in a few days - it's a great walk, so take your time and enjoy it.
We took 8 days, but were in our late 50's. We met a young Edinburgh lad near Inversnaid who had been "talked into it" and tried to walk too far. It was his first real walk and with no training, his knees had gone and he was almost crawling - and his "mates" had left him. We helped him to his campsite and he was going to catch the next bus home.
Also at the Inversnaid hotel, we met a group with big rucksacks who had done too much and their feet were badly blistered, with strips of skin peeling off, leaving deep wounds. We gave them as much first compeed as we could spare.
Good luck and enjoy it.