Walking the West Highland Way, Scotland 2018 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Date: 13th June 2018

Travelled: 56 kilometres from Drymen to Balloch via Rowardennan, Scotland.

Visited: Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park.

Stayed: Balloch, carpark adjacent the park, free. N56.00500, W04.58055

Probably the best known walk in Scotland is the West Highland Way.  Its commences in Milngavie near Glasgow and terminates at Fort William 96 miles to the north.  In eight stages over eight days is the recommended.  Our plan is to walk section two from Drymen to Rowardennan, 14 miles or 22 kilometres with a total ascent of 540metres.  Why, hopefully some of the best views of Loch Lomond from Conic Hill and we like a good walk.  The second challenge is getting back to the Hymer after the walk.  It will be a long day.

It wasn’t the best night sleep.  Some car drove into our little car-park about 1.30am did a lap and left.  Given we are in the middle of absolutley nowhere a little disturbing.  But we’re used to wildcamping and take what comes.

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Our first task of the day, check the weather as rain is predicted.  ‘Clear this morning, 50% chance of rain this afternoon”, so we decide to give it a go.  After coffee and fruit at 6.30, we drive the Hymer up to Rowardennan, drop off the scooter and chain it up in the pub car-park.  Then head back to our little carpark near Drymen, have breakfast, get dressed, lock-up and start walking at 9am.

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Didn’t take a picture worth posting from this point, but we made the pub in Rowardennan about 3pm and warmed up over a pint and a glass of sav blonc and enjoyed our fish-n-chips…heaven.  The drizzle eased long enough for us to scooter back the 15 miles to Drymen and the Hymer without getting soaked.

We get ourselves sorted before driving back to Balloch and parking snuggly with several other motorhomes in the park where we had lunched the previous day.  Then it was left over pasta and a beer and wine debrief.

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Michael and Pam

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