Highland Hiking
Hiking The West Highland Way, climbing Ben Nevis, then hiking The Great Glen Way The PlanWelcome to my latest adventure
The map shows all the routes I’ll be taking and if all my technology works, should show where I am.
To see a few words about my latest hike and some of the thoughts behind it, click the Trek Details button at the top of this page.
I’m so very grateful for anyone and everyone that has taken an interest in what is ultimately a pretty selfish activity, but really happy with all of the support and encouragement I receive!
Once I’ve started trekking, a link should appear below which you can click on to zoom in on the map and see where I am. As always, I’ll be noting down my inane thoughts as I go along and recording them as posts. The most recent of which are at the bottom of the page. Your comments are always gratefully received.
– where I am
– where I amTo zoom into my location click here
West Highland Way
Glasgow to Fort William- Total climb 13073 feet
- 5 days walking
- Start point
- End point
Start point
End pointBen Nevis
Climb and descend Ben Nevis- Total climb 4356 feet
- 1 day
- Base camp
- The summit
Base camp
The summitGreat Glen Way
Fort William to Inverness- Total climb 7306 feet
- 4 days walking
- Start point
- End point
Start point
End pointNews from the trail
A significant diversion
It appears that I wasn’t properly listening to the man I met at the bottom of the locks on the Caledonian Canal yesterday. He was telling me about part of the route that diverts on the other side of a loch and was telling me it was quite a pain and that it was closed...
Wasn’t expecting much
The Great Glenn Way I think is often considered the poor relation of the West Highland Way. I don’t think that’s official in any way but it’s just the impression I get when speaking to people. This had formed a vision in my mind of what to expect so I wasn’t really...
Yay – the Garmin was not a waste of money
I plan these walks but I seem to only plan some parts. I’m really good at sorting out my trains, booking campsites and hotels, booking time off work, and also buying new kit. I’m really good at the new kit part. The area I really lack is the route. By that I don’t...
Post delayed
I’m really sorry but due to poor mobile signal I’ve not been able to upload the post for yesterday’s walk. I’ll do it as soon as 4G returns. Thanks - Ben
Worth the effort
I’ve been wondering all day how I’d start the post. Would I talk about the weather at the start, the things that upset me, the things that made me happy. It got to about 8:15pm and I decided I’d walked enough for the day and it was time to set up camp. I looked to my...
Future Ben should be grateful
I could have stopped quite a bit sooner today. I saw a few good pitches as I was walking beside Loch Lomond and could easily have stopped. The thing is, I’d been quite lazy today. I didn’t get moving until 10am and then kept on distracting myself by things on the...