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Day 98: Fort Augustus to Invermoriston
As we were staying two nights in Fort Augustus, we had another day without rucksacks. We decided to opt for the high route, and without bags we easily managed the long, steep climb up from the lock, with its twists and turns alongside a river: the constant sounds of waterfalls and rapids were delightful! We…
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Day 97: Lagan Locks to Fort Augustus
Today should have been a relatively short walk of 11 miles, but when our taxi delivered us back to Lagan Locks to start our walk, we found that we were diverted to the other side of the canal because of timber works above Loch Oich. Fortunately we had arranged for our taxi driver to deliver…
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Day 96: Spean Bridge to Lagan Locks
Apart from the three mile slog on the road from Spean Bridge back to Gairlochy, today’s walk was relatively easy. The route took us through woodland paths above Loch Lochy and occasionally alongside the loch. It was an attractive route, and towards the end of our walk we met up with Ian, who is walking…
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Day 95: Fort William to Spean Bridge
The Great Glen Way started beside our hotel, and we donned our raincoats and set forth. We soon left the city behind as we followed the Caledonian Canal. David was mesmerised by another feat of engineering, Neptune’s Staircase: a flight of eight locks. The walk from there was easy on a canal path through fabulous…
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Day 94 REST DAY
Today it was a case of divide and conquer: I decided to find a launderette to deal with the mound of smelly clothes we had accumulated, leaving David in our hotel room to catch up with writing our blog. (After a long day’s walking, watching Wimbledon has had a greater allure than writing blogs!) I…
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Day 93: Kinlochleven to Fort William
We left early for the final stage of the West Highland Way, to find we were joining a queue for the long climb out of Kinlochleven. We allowed people to overtake us, as we oldies walk more slowly uphill! We saw people we had met previously, as we walked on the Military Road once again.…
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Day 92: Kingshouse to Kinlochleven
As we were staying a second night in Kinlochleven, we were able to walk without bags today, which was a real bonus. Our taxi driver delivered us back to Kingshouse, and we set off along the Glen Coe valley, with mountains towering above with their peaks in the clouds. Rain was forecast but we were…
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Day 91: Bridge of Orchy to Kingshouse
Today was bright and sunny all day until the last mile, when it began to rain (and David stubbornly refused to stop and put on his raincoat)! We set off early from Bridge of Orchy, climbing steeply for the first two miles. We were gradually overtaken by other walkers who had chosen to spend that…
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Day 90: Crianlarich to Bridge of Orchy
The waitress at our hotel told us that our walk yesterday is the toughest section of the West Highland Way, and today would be ‘a doddle’! I’m not sure I agree with her adjective, but I guess it is all relative! We climbed very steeply through woodland out of Crianlarich, on muddy paths after all…
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Day 89: Loch Arklet to Crianlarich
Today was tough! The terrain was similar to yesterday, with more rocks to scramble over alongside Loch Lomond, so we made slow progress. But the sun shone and it was very warm and humid: perfect weather for the midges, but the midge repellent recommended to us seemed to be working! By lunchtime we had left…
WALKING WITH GRAMPY 