I first heard about the West Highland Way, Scotland’s first official long distance hiking route, in the mid 1990s, but it took me nearly 30 years to walk it. Growing up in Glasgow, I started doing ...
The West Highland Way in Scotland stretches 96 miles across the Highlands from Milngavie to Fort William. Considered by many to be a moderate-to-difficult trail due to steep ascents and occasionally ...
Editor’s note: This is the eighth and final story in Mark Lorenzoni’s series on his eight-day hike on the West Highland Way, a 96-mile path that runs along the lochs and Highlands of Scotland.
As summer turns to autumn and accessible tracks for walking and cycling shift to shades of orange and red, now’s the time to staycation in the Great Scottish Outdoors. A haven of hundreds of hikes, ...
8. You’ll never walk more than 25 kilometres in one day which is manageable for most people. Scotland’s West Highland way together with the Camino de Santiago are two great walking holidays. You will ...
Unsurprisingly, the majestic Snowdon, or Yr Wyddfa as it's now known, has earned its place on this prestigious list. As the ...
Four UK walks have been named in a list of the 20 'most incredible walks ' in the world. Though the list includes the likes ...
There are few things more Scottish than rain, whisky, and midges – unless you throw wild mushrooms into the mix. In this mist-soaked, occasionally midge-infested account of the West Highland Way, ...
The lone Highlander atop the Glenfinnan Monument, situated on the edge of Loch Shiel, is just one of many sites that hikers, runners, and walkers may encounter along the West Highlands Way in Scotland ...