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Day 5 Great Glen Way – Drumnodrochit to Inverness (bizarro world)
Day 5 Great Glen Way – Drumnodrochit to Inverness (bizarro world) You can read my last post about most of my last day hike on the Great Glen Way for the straight story. What follows is a somewhat embellished, somewhat … Continue reading
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Day 4 Great Glen Way – Invermorsten to Drumnodrochit
Day 4 Great Glen Way – Invermorsten to Drumnodrochit A peaceful and mellow day on the trail. Started with a massive thousand foot climb, one of two for the day. The first one does the altitude in an a little … Continue reading
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Day 2 Great Glen Way – Garlochy to Laggan
Day 2 Great Glen Way – Garlochy to Laggan Short 10 mile day from Garlochy to Laggan. A cloudy and nice day spent along the shores of Loch Lochy. My favorite named loch because in American it would translate to … Continue reading
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Day 1 Great Glen Way – Fort William to Garlochy
Day 1 Great Glen Way – Fort William to Garlochy The day after a rest day is sometimes tough, it’s a mental thing. So when the day started out as cold, windy and rainy it was even tougher. I dawdled … Continue reading
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Zero (rest day) in Fort William, Scotland, UK
Zero (rest day) in Fort William, Scotland, UK So taking a zero day today between the West Highland and Great Glen Ways. I head out in the morning, a relatively flat 10 mile hike. So today I relaxed, ate, relaxed, … Continue reading
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Day 7 (final day) West Highland Way – Kinlochleven to Fort Williams
Day 7 (final day) West Highland Way – Kinlochleven to Fort Williams This would be one of those weather days you just can’t bring yourself to trust. Windy, chilly, some minor rain early that let up. All day it seemed on … Continue reading
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Day 6 West Highland Way – Kingshouse to Kinlochleven
Day 6 West Highland Way – Kingshouse to Kinlochleven A “short” run on this day, only 8.5 miles but of course it involved both the highest climb and point on the trail, the Devil’s staircase. The morning started with a … Continue reading
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Day 5 West Highland Way – Tyndrum to Kingshouse
Day 5 West Highland Way – Tyndrum to Kingshouse This was the day that had been on my mind. A combination of a 20 mile hike 10 of it mostly uphill and a need to make a 5:30 shuttle deadline … Continue reading
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Day 2 West Highland Way – Drymen to Rowardenan
Day 2 West Highland Way – Drymen to Rowardenan View from my room Long slow day today, uphill the first 3 hours culminating in our first real climb. Then the rain came, descending is not my strength, doubly so in … Continue reading
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Day 4 West Highland Way – Ardlui to Tyndrum
Day 4 West Highland Way – Ardlui to Tyndrum Images when I can, sorry This day was a hard one to get my head around as I was very focused on my long hike the next day. That makes … Continue reading
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