Glenn and Gemma's West Highland Way Photo Album
Milngavie
Start of the WHW at Milngavie railway station |
Milngavie to Drymen
About to pass under a cloud |
Milngavie to Drymen
Straggling with the backpacks |
Milngavie to Drymen
Day walkers |
Milngavie to Drymen
One of many resting spots |
Drymen
End of a long day but the start of the midgies |
Drymen to Cashell
Admiring the scenery - the start of Loch Lomond |
Drymen to Cashell
Looking back over Loch Lomond |
Drymen to Cashell
About to enter the Garadbhan forest |
Drymen to Cashell
Lunch time - Kellogg's Super Noodles |
Drymen to Cashell
Decending Conic Hill into Balmaha |
Drymen to Cashell
Photographic opportunity |
Drymen to Cashell
The Last few miles are always the longest |
Rowardennan
Note the bandaged knee |
Rowardennan
We dumped the ruck sacks here |
Rowardennan to Beinglas
Another well earned rest |
Rowardennan to Beinglas
Where did the path go? |
Rowardennan to Beinglas
A glimpse of Loch Lomond through the trees |
Rowardennan to Beinglas
A stroll on the beach |
Rowardennan to Beinglas
More trees |
Rowardennan to Beinglas
Filling the flasks with mountain spring water |
Rowardennan to Beinglas
Another glimpse through the trees |
Rowardennan to Beinglas
Breaks are becoming more frequent |
Rowardennan to Beinglas
Time to dip those blisters |
Beinglas
The midgie nightmare |
Beinglas to Crianlarich
Gemma and the famous hielin' coos |
Crianlarich to Bridge of Orchy
This is not the Bridge of Orchy |
Crianlarich to Bridge of Orchy
This is not the Bridge of Orchy either |
Crianlarich to Bridge of Orchy
Stopped off at Tyndrum for lunch |
Crianlarich to Bridge of Orchy
Puddles starting to form small lochs |
Crianlarich to Bridge of Orchy
Mostly we were walking |
Crianlarich to Bridge of Orchy
Sometimes stopping for a photo |
Crianlarich to Bridge of Orchy
But mostly walking |
Crianlarich to Bridge of Orchy
Gemma wishes she was on that train home |
Crianlarich to Bridge of Orchy
Was this the Bridge of Orchy? |
Bridge of Orchy to Kingshouse
There's another rock on the cairn |
Bridge of Orchy to Kingshouse
"That's where we're going" |
Bridge of Orchy to Kingshouse
Heading towards Inveroran |
Bridge of Orchy to Kingshouse
Dad stops to try on a blue wig or is it a towel? |
Bridge of Orchy to Kingshouse
Midgie cream didn't stop clegs attacking |
Bridge of Orchy to Kingshouse
Loch Tulla |
Bridge of Orchy to Kingshouse
Buachaille Etive in the Scotch mist |
Kingshouse to Kinlochleven
The start of Glencoe |
Kingshouse to Kinlochleven
Looking back over the Rannoch moor |
Kingshouse to Kinlochleven
Silly photo time |
Kingshouse to Kinlochleven
The bottom of the Devils Stair Case |
Kingshouse to Kinlochleven
We keep meeting these people everywhere |
Kingshouse to Kinlochleven
Looking down into Glencoe |
Kingshouse to Kinlochleven
It's steep and zig zaggy |
Kingshouse to Kinlochleven
"Made it!" |
Kingshouse to Kinlochleven
"We've been here for an hour already" |
Kingshouse to Kinlochleven
There's another crock on the cairn |
Kingshouse to Kinlochleven
All the same people we see at every stop |
Kingshouse to Kinlochleven
Everyone needs a rest at the top |
Kingshouse to Kinlochleven
Two hours later |
Kingshouse to Kinlochleven
Dad tries to see where Kinlochleven is |
Kingshouse to Kinlochleven
He's over the hill now |
Kingshouse to Kinlochleven
The end or the other start of the Devils Stair Case |
Kingshouse to Kinlochleven
In this rain you need two hoods |
Kinlochleven
The bottom bunk is easier to collapse onto |
Kinlochleven to Fort William
"I think my knees have given way" |
Kinlochleven to Fort William
Dad preaches about broad and narrow road |
Kinlochleven to Fort William
More trees |
Kinlochleven to Fort William
That's Ben Nevis in the background |
Fort William
The End |
Fort William
Hold me up |
Fort William
All the people we met on the way |
Fort William
Met up with Brenda, Alan and the weans |
Fort William
Brenda at Glen Nevis camp site |
Fort William
Time for some shopping |
Fort William
And finally the train home |