Hiking the West Highland Way

As we have a train to catch at the end of today we didn’t want to risk not making it, so had an early start. The weather was predicted to be very rainy but was better than I feared. Quite a bit of drizzle off and on and some short stretches of heavier rain but…

Today was a relatively short day so we started a bit later and took our time. The midges were awful where we were staying – not great when the bathrooms and cafe are in different buildings to our cute, but easy to gather up stray midges, hobbit house. Mike was done with them by this…

Today was the longest hike so far. About 18 miles with the distance off the trail to accommodation at each end and about 2300 ft of elevation ascent. We also had our latest start as we decided to take advantage of the breakfast included in our nights stay. Yet still managed to get to the…

Today was a shorter hike, especially as we took a short cut towards the end as it was getting very hot. We hiked 11.21 miles today with a total elevation of 1972 feet. We started with fog and walked along a ridge and through woods, entering the cloud. We could make out the shapes of…

3 days down and 4 to go Miles hiked so far: 42.34 Miles of the trail hiked so far: 41.5 Total elevation climbed so far: 5507 feet Today we hiked 14.27 miles in total – starting at about 7.15 am and arriving just over 7 hours later. That was with our long coffee break half…

We had our earliest start this morning – leaving before breakfast and promptly becoming breakfast for the local ninja midges. It was a foggy morning but it soon cleared up with the sun poking through the clouds and illuminating parts of the mountain range across Loch Lomond. We had a choice of the high road…

Today we hiked 15.59 miles. This is a bit longer than the WHW route predicts as the youth hostel is at the far end of Rowardennan and we climbed to the top of Conic Hill. Our total ascent for the day was 2602 ft as there were also several smaller hills and inclines. Our pace…

Hiked 12.48 miles, 4 hrs 46 minutes of hiking, 906 ft total ascent.   Started at about 7.40 and arrived at about 1pm. Stopped for an early lunch at Oakwood garden center  – has a cafe with an amazing view. Mike finished strong despite a recent knee injury. We had amazing sunny weather and blue…

Our train route today is shown in blue above.       Turns out Milngavie is top of the list of the 20 places in Scotland it is hardest to pronounce. And the place we go to next, Drymen, is also on the list … If you are wondering – its mull-guy and drimin https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/scotland-now/20-place-names-scotland-people-25250714…

        Newcastle           More coastal shots (this is my favorite part of the journey) Alnmouth   Farm from the train                       For more photos see instagram