Walk of terror

What happened to me today is barely believable. I’m so glad it’s over. I’d been on the verge of cancelling my 33 mile walk from Fort William to Fort Augustus due to the forecast for heavy rain. But I decided not to be a weather-wimp and off I set in my waterproofs at 6am. For…

I don’t do hills…

On my last post I covered the dangers of the crazed serial killers who lurk the length of the Great Glen Way in the Scottish Highlands (Walk of Terror). Turns out there is a worse danger … hills. I set off yesterday from Fort Augustus, hoping for a long but straightforward 40 mile walk. I…

A dilemma – to walk or to write

I’m half-heartedly planning a walk from Fort William to Fort Augustus (33 miles) on the Great Glen Way this Monday. I’d been planning to do the 66 mile Speyside Way (Buckie to Aviemore) this weekend and sleep out overnight in a bivi bag – but it’s too cold and wet (I’m definitely going to be…