Walk the Great Glen Way with a Cicerone Guidebook

Cover of The Great Glen Way
Availability
Reprinted
Cover
Paperback - Laminated
Published
9 Jun 2011
Edition
First
ISBN
9781852845032
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ISBN (10)
1852845031
Size
17.2 x 11.6 x 1.1cm
Weight
210g
Pages
160
Originally Published
1 Mar 2007

The Great Glen Way

Two Way Trail guide by Paddy Dillon

The Great Glen Way is an 117km (73 mile) National Trail that runs along the Caledonia Canal from Fort William to Inverness. Easily walked within a week, and accessible in all seasons, the Great Glen Way makes an ideal introduction to long-distance walking in Scotland. This handy guidebook gives a complete two-way description of the route. More...

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Seasons

Low-lying, so it is possible to walk the Great Glen Way at most times of year. Accommodation, etc, Read More... often busy in summer, and midges are out! Daylight is short in winter and less accommodation is available.

Centres

Inverness, Drumnadrochit, Invermoriston, Fort Augustus, North Laggan, Gairlochy, Fort William

Difficulty

The Great Glen Way is 5–6 day low-level waymarked National Trail, with a range of facilities along Read More... the way. An ideal introduction to long-distance walking.

Must See

Views of the highlands, clan history, Caledonian canal, wildlife (including, possibly, Loch Ness Read More... monster)
 
 
The Ordnance Survey covers the Great Glen Way on three Landranger maps at a scale of 1:50,000. The sheet numbers are 26, 34 and 41. Linear extracts from these maps are reproduced throughout this guidebook, with the route highlighted. Three Ordnance Survey Explorer maps cover the route at a scale of 1:25,000, and the sheet numbers are 392, 400 and 416 (www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk). Harvey produce a specific detailed map of the Great Glen Way Long Distance Route at a scale of 1:40,000 (www.harveymaps.co.uk). The relevant maps to use on each day’s walk are mentioned throughout this guidebook.

 
 
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