Day 1: Milngavie – Balmaha

Day 1: Milngavie - Balmaha (20 miles) Milngavie—Carbeth (5 miles, 8km). Total ascent: 148m, total descent: 69m, max height: 130m. Terrain: A relatively simple start to the Way on footpaths, tracks and lanes with no major climbs. Carbeth—Drymen (7 miles, 11.2km). Total ascent: 271m, total descent: 238m, max height: 163m. Terrain: A relatively simple stage…

Day 2: Balmaha – Inversnaid (just north)

Day 2: Balmaha - Inversnaid (just north) 14.5 miles Balmaha—Rowardennan (7 miles, 11.2km). Total ascent: 373m, total descent: 378m, max height: 88m. Terrain: Good paths or tracks most of the way but can be twisty and undulating in places. Most of the route runs between the road and the shore of Loch Lomond. Short sections…

Day 3: Inversnaid (just north) – Auchtertyre

Day 3: Inversnaid (just north) - Auchtertyre Inversnaid — Inverarnen (6.5 miles, 10.4km). Total ascent: 387m, total descent: 150m, max height: 252m. This is by far the roughest section of the Way, where the path makes a tortuous route along the side of Loch Lomond with many ups and downs. A hard walk but the…

Day 4: Auchtertyre – Rannoch Moor

Day 4: Auchtertyre - Rannoch Moor (18 miles) Auchtertyre — Tyndrum (6 miles, 9.6km). Total ascent: 248m, total descent: 263m max height: 334m. Terrain: Good paths and tracks with some moderate ascent and descent, but nothing unduly difficult and nowhere far from services. A straightforward day of glen and low pass walking amid outstanding mountain…

Day 5: Rannoch Moor – Kinlochleven

Day 5: Rannoch Moor - Kinlochleven (15 miles) Rannoch Moor — Kingshouse (6 miles, 9.66km). Total ascent: 336m, total descent: 270m, max height: 446m. Terrain: The surface is mainly good underfoot but on Rannoch Moor you are highly exposed in bad weather. There is no shelter of any kind available until you reach the White…

Day 6: Kinlochleven – Fort William (the end!)

Day 6: Kinlochleven - Fort William (16 miles) Kinlochleven—Fort William (16 miles, 25.8km). Total ascent: 735m, total descent: 737m, max height: 333m. Terrain: Very good paths at this last stage, there is a steep climb out of Kinlochleven, afterwhich there are no more serious gradients. The path through Nevis Forest is a bit rough then…

A Relaxing 2 days?!

A "relaxing 2 days" We had made plans to meet up with an old friend of Tim’s who lived in Edinburgh but we first had a day and an evening to ourselves. Actually, it was Daz and Emma’s pictures on Facebook that had inspired us to do the WHW. We thought a nice day by…