Not the West Highland Way (eBook)

Multi-award winning author Ronald Turnbull has written many Cicerone books on challenge-walking, bivvying and walking in Scotland. After walking bits of it, and above and around it, he finally gave in and walked the West Highland Way in March 2008.

Introduction

The High Road and the Low

When to go

Safety in the mountains

Maps

How to use this book

A Winter Not the West Highland Way

Part 1 The High Road and the Low

Milngavie to Drymen

1 Hill Option: the Campsie Fells

Drymen to Rowardennan



Rowardennan to Inversnaid

2 Rowardennan Outing: Ben Lomond

3 Hill Crossing: Ben Lomond to Inversnaid

Inversnaid to Inverarnan

4 Hill Crossing: Beinn a' Choin

5 Inverarnan Outing: Beinn Chabhair

Inverarnan to Tyndrum

6 Hill Crossing: Ben Lui

7 Crianlarich Outing: An Caisteal and Beinn a' Chroin

Tyndrum to Inveroran

8 Hill Crossing: the Back of Beinn Dorain

9 Inveroran Outing: Ben Inverveigh and Meall Tairbh

Inveroran to Kings House

10 Hill Crossing: Black Mount

Kings House to Kinlochleven

11 Hill Crossing: Beinn a' Chrulaiste and the Blackwater

Kinlochleven to Fort William

12 Hill Crossing: Mamores

13 Hill Crossing: More Mamores

14 Fort William Outing: Ben Nevis by the CMD Ar&##xea;te

Part 2 Beginnerish Backpacking

The excitement is in tents

Midges are unpleasant

May is the month

Shoulder-strengthening short trips

The off-route food-fetching formula

Stuff, stuffsacks, and throwing it all away

15 A mostly gentle two-day: the Back of Ben Nevis

16 A wilder two-day: Taynuilt to Bridge of Orchy

Part 3 Away from the Way

17 Dumbarton Start

18 Wrong side of the Loch: the Arrochar Alps

19 The Etive Trek

20 Blackwater and the Lairig Leacach

21 Routes of Rannoch

Part 4 Roads to the Deep North

22 Corrour to Dalwhinnie

23 Fort William to Inverie

24 Spean Bridge to Cluanie and even Cape Wrath

Appendix 1: Access

Appendix 2: Useful information

Appendix 3: Further reading