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WHW - a journey

WHW - a journey


Postby TomCooze » Fri Jun 23, 2023 11:26 am

Route description: West Highland Way

Date walked: 23/06/2023

Time taken: 7 days

Distance: 150 km

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Absolutely amazing walk. Incredible 7 days, we did the following:
Milngavie - Drymen camp site
Drymen - Cashel
Cashel - Inversnaid
Inversnaid - Tyndrum
Tyndrum - Glencoe Resort
Glencoe - Kinlochleven
Kinlochleven - Fort William

Day 4 or 5 was probably the hardest, with day 4 being a very slow start due to the punishing North Bank of Loch Lomond, but the seemingly endless military road on day 5 was hard on the mrs feet (walking shoes not boots)

Stay for two nights in Fort Bill, then we’re off to do the Great Glen
Thank you Scotland
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The end of the WHW and the beginning of The Great Glen
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‘It’s not that way’
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The very beginning
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Re: WHW - a journey

Postby Gordie12 » Sat Jun 24, 2023 3:32 pm

Hi Tom

I did the WHW & GGW (a few years ago) as a combo just as you seem to be doing and it makes for a really great route. The GGW is so different from the WHW. Of the two, I preferred the GGW but it has it's critics.

Hope you enjoy it as much as you seem to have enjoyed the first part of your walk.
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