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The West
Highland which was opened in 1980 and runs from Milngavie on the
outskirts of Glasgow to Fort William, the way follows paths, old
railway tracks and drovers road through a variety of outstanding
scenery. It has always been a long held ambition to complete this
walk and this year I took the plunge , booked a weeks holiday and
went for it. As I was unsure of my capabilities when walking
consistently day after day I decided that I would camp, therefore
that would save me from the problem of having to commit myself to
a destination each night, this way I will be flexible and please
myself. I went out and purchased a new small tent, a quality 3
season sleeping bag, and a Thermorest self inflating mattress,
got to look after the old body at my age.
Once I had
packed and felt the weight, doubts set in, my back is not
brilliant at the best of times, after a quick rethink I decided
to use a pack carrying service and after checking the Internet, I
arranged to use Travel-lite based in Milngavie. A wise move,
just enjoy the walk, also what I liked was I did not need to
commit myself to far ahead, just decide in the morning how far
you are going , choose from numerous Travel-lite depots on the
route, put your destination on the label. Simple as that.
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to Crianlarich Weather rain all day.
As it was raining
I decided to push on to Crianlarich and stay at the Youth
Hostel- Left at 0900hrs, a very long day, almost 21miles
and the walk up Lach Lomond from Inversnaid to the end of
the Loch was very tiring, arrived at Crianlarich at
1700hrs very tired and wet, I have never walked this
distance in one day before.
Distance today 21
miles - 33km
Culmative distance
47 miles - 76km
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