Download our free guide to the west highland way macs. Download our free west highland way guide macs adventure. Bursting with scottish heritage, culture, breathtaking scenes and magnificent landscapes, your journey along the west highland way will forge a lifetime of unforgettable memories. Bursting with scottish heritage, culture, breathtaking scenes and magnificent landscapes, your journey along the west.
West highland way holidays walking the spectacular route with easyways. Not the west highland way guidebook cicerone press. The west highland way needs little introduction for lovers of the scottish outdoors. Its 93 miles 89 in our version weave past a hit parade of scottish scenery, including loch lomond, rannoch. Anthony burton is the author of a number of books in the national trail guides series for aurum, including the west highland way, hadrians wall path, the cotswold way and the. It takes the west highland way in scotland as the starting point for knitwear design. Based just a few miles from the start of the west highland way, we have been arranging walking holidays on the west highland way since 2003, have walked the west highland way countless times and are. Due to limited accommodation options along the west highland way, we may need to book you into a location for more than one night, with transfers tofrom the trail. Pets are welcome but please book well in advance if you intend to bring your dog. The easier stages in the south will prepare you for the hillier parts that come in the highlands part of. To walk the west highland way is an experience like no other.
Milngavie to fort william scottish long distance route includes separate 1. The flat is in a superb location on the pedestrian shopping street in milngavie and only a short walk to the train station for a regular service into glasgow. In scotland, remote hostels run on the honor system. From the outskirts of glasgow it winds for 95 miles 152km along the wooded banks of loch lomond, across. The west highland way whw was scotlands first long.
West highland way rooms, milngavie updated 2020 prices. The west highland way continues around loch tulla, to the next stop at kinghouse. T he west highland way is the most popular longdistance trail in scotland not at last because it leads through and past some of the most iconic landscapes of the scottish highlands. Free wifi is available and onsite parking is provided. Located just outside glasgow, west highland way hotel and campsite is a 5star rated property located on the west highland way, a short drive away from loch lomond and the trossachs national park.
If you book this flat in order to walk the west highland way, you are only a few metres from the start of the walk, its a really great location. The west highland way official guide, by bob aitken and roger smith, is the most comprehensive guidebook, while the harvey map west highland way covers the entire route in a single waterproof. West highland way scotlands best loved long distance. This book is written by a knitter who has walked the west highland way, and regularly walks the sections this is a lovely knitting and local studies book. If you book this flat in order to walk the west highland way. If youre staying at glen nevis youth hostel then leave the west highland way. Mountains, moors, lochs, rivers and forests are all to be found along the route. West highland way milngavie 2020 all you need to know. Our walking holidays see below for your options along the west highland way take you into the magnificent countryside of the highlands of scotland following most of scotlands famous footpath. Open up this book, join them on their journey, and make your own west highland way. Although there is only one route, there are many different ways to travel it.
Now there is nothing like trekking 915 miles1525 kilometres a day to work up a massive appetite. Walk the west highland way with easyways walking holidays. West highland way hotel, blanefield updated 2020 prices. Pets are welcome but please book well in advance if you intend to. There are many common pitfals that occur through lack of planning. The west highland way stretches 96 miles 154 km from milngavie to fort william. Highland park village is the central gathering spot for shopping and dining, with a number of local eateries, tearooms, bistros and pizzerias. That is why we have investigated the best places to eat along the way and put them together in this nifty interactive west highland way food guide and map. It should be noted here, this next part of the route is completely exposed, there is nowhere to rest or stop at in bad weather, e. Walking holidays in britains most beautiful landscapes 1166 ickledore walking holidays to ememer west highland way discover the dramatic mountain scenery of the west highlands on the classic. Our miniadventure in scotland begins the west highland way, stretching a distance of 96 miles from milngavie on the outskirts of glasgow to fort william, the gateway to ben nevis great britains.
It is 96 miles154km in length and begins in milngavie on the edge of glasgow and ends in. It is 154 km 96 miles long, running from milngavie north of glasgow to fort. When it comes to selecting a suitable tent for camping along the west highland way, you need to consider the openness and quickchanging weather conditions that the highlands is. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. West highland way guidebook and os map booklet cicerone. Well take a short train journey to milngavie, where well drop off our bags, and then we start our west highland way. The west highland way celebrates its 40th birthday in 2020. The west highland way embraces diversity, from the urbanity of milngavie to the days in the company of loch lomond, and then the striding splendour of rannoch moor. Find all the information you need to immerse yourself into the wild landscapes of scotland and the countrys best loved long distance walking route. Simple meals and lunch boxes can be provided on request. West highland way walking tour wilderness scotland. The printed book is exactly the same price as the ebook and includes complementary downloads of the patterns too. West highland way race family public group facebook. Im rather proud of this collection of thirteen patterns, five of which use our wonderful new milarrochy tweed yarn the.
West highland way campsite, milngavie updated 2020 prices. External bothy area located next to the sleeping accommodation to relax and unwind, this comes complete with log burning stove. The west highland way offers pretty much everything in the way of landscapes. Guests at west highland way campsite can enjoy hiking nearby, or make the most of the garden. It was the first, and remains most famous, of scotlands great trails, running for 96 miles 154 km through superb scenery. Otherwise, descend towards glen nevis to meet a forestry track. I have not walked this however have visited many places that you would pass on the walk. Walking holidays in britains most beautiful landscapes. The west highland way passes through some of the most spectacular scenery in all of britain. Head to highland park soda fountain, which opened in 1912 as the neighborhood pharmacy, and youll get a great grilled sandwich, malt, or ice cream float, all made the old fashioned way. The west highland way starts in milngavie and finishes in fort william. Ben nevis, the highest mountain in all of britain, stands above fort william at the end of the west highland way. Our new west highland way book has just been published. From the outskirts of glasgow it winds for 96 miles 154.
West highland way walking tours hiking the scottish. After a big hairpin this makes a long, gradual descending traverse throuh the woods. Podcasts whwrace podcasts the whw race podcasts were started in january 2012 with the idea of providing lots of inspirational stories and information about this great ultra race. West highland way guided walk itinerary thistle trekking. The west highland way kenneth mckellar sheet music, music. West highland way, milngavie, east dunbartonshire, united kingdom. West highland way maps, day five, walking in scotland.
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