Long Distance Walks, Hiking, Backpacking, Munro & Mountain Climbing, Camping & Adventures
Friday 9th and Saturday 10th September – Carn Mor Dearg Arete, Ben Nevis summit camp, descent into Fort William. We awoke at 7am and managed to leave by 8:30am – way to go explorers! Before we set off though, we hastily tumble dried the remainder of our stuff which had been allowed to get wet [...]
Thursday 8th September – A rest day in Fort William at the end of the West Highland Way. Upon waking, after the initial bleariness of sleep had cleared, we noticed to our slight consternation that a plump, blood-engorged tick was protruding from the edge of Jo’s eyelid! It was larger yet than the one found [...]
Wednesday 7th September – Kinlochleven to Glen Nevis campsite (13.5 miles/21 kilometres) We got off to an ultra-late start today – 11:40am and almost all other campers had gone by the time we were ready – not the best example to set for a pair of adventurous backpackers, but still, we’re in no particular rush, [...]
Tuesday 6th September – Glencoe to Blackwater campsite at Kinlochleven (8.5 miles/14 kilometres) The dreaded midges were not as bad this morning, though they were still present in smaller swarms both inside and outside the tent mesh! Pre-emptively, therefore, we efficiently packed most of our gear inside the tent before going out to take down [...]
Monday 5th September – Bridge of Orchy over Rannoch Moor to Glencoe wild campsite at the foot of Glencoe. (13 miles/21 kilometres) We’re second last to leave today out of all those tents. Never mind, our tardiness has not yet compromised our mission and we’ve got the nice long summer days! We climb away over [...]
Sunday 4th September – Wild campsite (2 miles South of Tyndrum) to Bridge Of Orchy wild campsite. (9 miles/15 kilometres) We leave the campsite and cross the River Fillian on a long straight farm road that passes the ruins of St. Fillian’s Priory, a small ruin that may be of interest to some – but [...]
Saturday 3rd September – Beinglas campsite (Inverarnan) past Crianlarich to Wild campsite (2 miles South of Tyndrum). (10.5 miles/17 kilometres) It’s to be a shorter day today – we’re very glad – with the destination 2 miles short of Tyndrum, and beyond Crianlarich (the mid-point of the Way). We get out of camp at our [...]
Friday 2nd September – 13.5 miles/21 kilometres We managed to leave our campsite by 10:40 today, a decent improvement on the day before, but pretty lax by many campers standards! Again, our camp breaking was organised and efficient. Jo on washing and breakfast, Alan on journal, both on tent and inner. We depart and walk [...]
Thursday 1st September – 14 miles/22 kilometres Today we start refreshed and energized, looking forward towards Loch Lomond, something Alan hasn’t seen before. Its sunny with strong blustery wind and we dry all of our stuff in twenty minutes flat by hanging it on the site’s barbed wire fence and the tent’s guylines. We write [...]
In August-September of 2005, we hiked the West Highland Way, a 95 mile walk from Milngavie on the outskirts of Glasgow to Fort William. However, we elected to do it in proper style, unsupported, carrying all of our own supplies for the 8 day hike, and camping at all available wild campsites. We topped off [...]
