The West Highland Way – Day 3

The West Highland Way – Day 3

Our trek along Loch Lomond to Drovers inn was beautiful and reasonably challenging. We saw many of the same faces and I enjoyed a lovely beer at the half way point which boosted moral nicely. The remaining trek was just as lovely with the terrain undulating beneath us...
The West Highland Way – Day 2

The West Highland Way – Day 2

We ate a (compulsory) breakfast with our fellow travellers all orchestrated by our ‘host’ who insisted on everyone eating together at 08:00am. Nuts. It turned out to be quite pleasant chatting to a family from the Netherlands and an Italian father and Son....
The West Highland Way – Day 1

The West Highland Way – Day 1

We rose early and made our way to Malgevie and the start of the West Highland Way, our 96 miles (154 Km) hike from Milngavie to Fort William which promised a huge variety of scenery along the way, from countryside parks to loch shores and open moorlands to steep...

Shady hostel and Shopping

We spent the day shopping and preparing for our epic hike. I mostly spent the day regretting our latest hostel choice. Which was a bit shabby… Not sure if it was the mice, dead beasties or nutjob hostel owners but it was less than fab. Luckily Katrine loves a...

Oban, Kirks and Cats

We arose and drove southward towards Oban, our destination for the day, stopping by St.Conans, a beautiful old Kirk. The eclectic architecture impressed as much as the friendly cat, who Katrine of course befriended immediately. After walking the beautiful church which...