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West Highland Way Guided Walk
Friday 6th June - Sunday 15th June 2008
 Join the company of other like-minded walkers for this exciting event. Enjoy good company, comfortable accommodation and all the comprehensive support that Easyways can provide. Read on for full details:
 The West Highland Way is Scotland’s premier walking route linking the Central Lowlands with the Highlands on a spectacular journey through farmland, beside lochs, across moors, through glens and over mountains. The 95ml(152km)walk begins at Milngavie near Glasgow, follows the winding shoreline of Loch Lomond, across bleak Rannoch Moor to reach the mountains of Glencoe and ends in Fort William in the shadow of Scotland’s highest mountain, Ben Nevis. The waymarked route follows good paths, abandoned railway lines, ancient drove routes and old military roads offering a frequently changing landscape and magnificent views.
| Friday 6th June
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Arrive Milngavie walk to Drymen 12ml/19km
An easy walk today on woodland paths, through farmland and on an old railway line following the valleys of the Rivers Blane and Endrick. Pass the villages of Drumgoyne and Gartness and take the opportunity to visit Glengoyne Distillery. If you arrive into Drymen early there is a teashop with home made cakes across the green and the small Clachan Inn where Rob Roy used to come down for a swift pint whilst collecting "Blackmail." |
| Saturday 7th June |
Drymen to Rowardennan 14ml/23km
Return from the village to the Way and follow the trail through forests and on minor roads. The landscape opens up to reveal mighty Ben Lomond and the path climbs over Conic Hill with its fine views of Loch Lomond. Descend to Balmaha village where refreshments are available and continue by the Loch shore to Rowardennan. Rowardennan marks the road head, and a convenient place to stay at our pleasant hotel. An extra day here would be advised if you wanted to make an ascent of Ben Lomond. |
Sunday 8th June |
Rowardennan to Inverarnan 14ml/23km
Quite a difficult day as you follow the undulating path by the side of Loch Lomond. At Inversnaid the hotel offers hospitality but afterwards be prepared for the rough twisting path with its crags and tree roots. You can pass by Rob Roy’s Prison and cave: cave areas where he is said to have held up in times of difficulty and held prisoners at his pleasure. |
| Monday 9th June |
Inverarnan – Crianlarich (7 miles / 11km)
It's is a gentle ascent up Glen Falloch, past the Falls of Falloch to join the old military road built in the !8th century by General Wade. Crianlarich lies under another big peak; Ben Mor. The days short walk allows time to climb one of the several Munroes near Crianlarich
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Tuesday 10th June |
Crianlarich - Inveroran (16 miles / 26 km)
It’s uphill from Crianlarich through Strath Fillan to Tyndrum. You follow the railway line as it climbs below the conical mountain of Ben Dorain. At the hamlet of Bridge of Orchy there is a pub, a railway station and not much else. After some refreshment it is a short but steep ascent and descent onto the Black Mount and the Old Drover’s Inn at Inveroran. |
| Wednesday 11th June |
Inveroran - Kinghouse (12 miles / 19km)
Leave the relative leafy tranquility of Loch Tulla and head up on the old military road across the wilds and the heather clad wastes of Rannoch Moor, past Ba Bridge, claimed to be the remotest part of the route. The views become ever more expansive with views into great corries once filled with glaciers. Often you can see deer on this section and there is a great interplay between land, lake, mountain and sky. A cairn memorial to Peter Fleming, the inspiration to his brother Ian for the James Bond character. The military road winds down to the old drovers Inn near the Gateway to Glencoe. This is in the shadow of perhaps the most impressive looking mountain of the tour- Buachaille Etive Mor - the shepherd of Etive Mor. |
| Thursday 12th June |
Rest Day
If you are fit enough you can climb a Munro (a mountain over 3000ft). Perhaps Buachaille Etive Mor? |
| Friday 13th June |
Kingshouse to Kinlochleven 9ml/14km
From the Inn the way passes beside one of the most impressive mountains in Scotland - Buachaille Etive Mor or the Shepherd and then proceeds up the Devil's staircase to 1850 ft: not as bad as it seems, a well graded section of the Way. This offers spectacular views back from whence you came. Then it is a long descent to sea level at the head of Loch Leven with views of the Blackwater dam, Loch Leven and The Pap of Glencoe |
Saturday 14th June |
Kinlochleven to Fort William 14ml/23km
A steep climb up under the steep slopes of the Mamore mountains at the beginning of the day follows old Victorian hunting tracks and then you are back on the old military road and over Lairigmor Pass and through dense coniferous forest to Glen Nevis past the foot of Ben Nevis, Britain’s highest peak (4408ft) |
Sunday 15h June |
Depart Fort William |
Package includes:
- 9 Days walking/ 9 Nights accommodation in quality B&Bs, guest houses, inns and hotels in rooms with shower/wc (where available)
- Full Scottish breakfast
- Services of an experienced walking guide
- Door to door luggage transport
- Rucksac Reader guide book including a map
- Location details for each accommodation
- Travel information to the start and from the finish of the walk
- Suggested equipment list
- Emergency support
Not Included
- Evening meals, packed lunches and drinks
- Transport to the start of the walk at Milngavie and from the end of the walk at Fort William
- Optional extra night in Milngavie at the start of the walk
- Optional extra night in Fort William to climb Ben Nevis
- The price is based on shared accommodation.
- Single accommodation may be available please ask for a quotation
- Travel insurance
PRICE £440 per person
To make a reservation Email: info@easyways.com and please quote code WHWG
Key symbols
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 Route
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Easy |
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