{"id":5478,"date":"2011-11-16T06:01:15","date_gmt":"2011-11-16T06:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/?p=5478"},"modified":"2021-01-17T13:13:02","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T13:13:02","slug":"west-highland-way-bothy-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/west-highland-way-bothy-closure\/","title":{"rendered":"West Highland Way bothy closure"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Armed Forces memorial at Rowardennan<\/p><\/div>Rowchoish bothy on the West Highland Way<\/a> will be closed for the weekend 26 – 28th November due to filming. The bothy, which is situated on the east shore of Loch Lomond north of Rowardennan is a popular overnight spot for walkers tackling the West Highland Way. The bothy is found located on a rougher lochside path which is bypassed by many long distance walkers who are not planning to visit the bothy as the main West Highland Way route follows a much easier, if less scenic, section of forestry track at that point.<\/p>\n

The bothy, which is maintained by volunteers from the Mountain Bothy Association, was originally a byre for a cottage which remained occupied until the late 1930’s. Now, a fairly isolated spot, back in 1759 there were nine families living around Rowchoish with at least three more settlements between there and Inversnaid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rowchoish bothy on the West Highland Way will be closed for the weekend 26 – 28th November due to filming. The bothy, which is situated on the east shore of Loch Lomond north of Rowardennan is a popular overnight spot for walkers tackling the West Highland Way. The bothy is found located on a rougher lochside path which is bypassed by many long distance walkers who are not planning to visit the bothy as the main West Highland Way route follows a much easier, if less scenic, section of forestry track at that point. The bothy, which is maintained by…<\/span> <\/p>\n

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