Not The West Highland Way

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21 Sep 2010

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9781852846152

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17.2 x 11.6 x 1.7cm

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300g

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224

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21 Sep 2010

Not the West Highland Way

by Ronald Turnbull

The West Highland Way is one of the UK’s finest long distance walks, but the path runs close to a busy main road and avoids the mountain tops. NOT The West Highland Way describes alternative routes over mountains, smaller hills or high passes to all but one of the Way's nine stages. With add-on day trips over Ben Lomond or Beinn Dorain. More...

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Seasons

April to October, with May, June and September as the best months of all; a few routes have some Read More... access limitations during stag stalking from August to October; winter months are also enjoyable for tough types

Centres

Loch Lomond, Taynuilt, Crianlarich, Tyndrum, Bridge of Orchy, Kinlochleven, Corrour Station, Fort Read More... William

Difficulty

Moderate day walks over small hills and pathed Munros; pathless but grassy ridges and high passes; Read More... treks of two or three days on valley paths; a rough crossing of Rannoch Moor; map reading and compass/GPS skills needed on the more serious routes; some non-technical scrambling

Must See

Loch Lomond from overhead; sunrise from the summit corrie of Ben Lui; woods and waterfalls of Read More... River Leven; long, lonely Loch Etive; Glen Nevis from its bleak head down to its Himalayan-style gorge

‘All the other great routes between Glasgow and Fort William and beyond...These walks of varying lengths leave from different points along the West Highland Way so many can be reached by public transport. Some walks are for beginners and some more experienced backpackers. They take you over the hills you have probably seen from the West Highland Way and wished you’d had time to go up them.’

(Backpack, Winter 2010)

'A quirky title of alternative routes above and alongside the popular West Highland Way. They include mountain day-circuits and first timer backpacking routes, plus diversions over neighbouring hills and passes. Highly inventive and enjoyable.'

(Walk magazine, Winter 2010)

‘Ronald Turnbull is well-known to readers of Strider and his books are always of a high standard being both serious and amusing. In his introduction to this latest production, he states that the idea ‘swam into his head’ as long ago as 1993 when a Czech friend phoned and asked ‘How is Scotland in February?’ Knowing what Scottish weather was like his five-day plan was thrown into confusion when the sun shone on two consecutive days. He does admit however that during an overnight camp his boots ‘froze to two rigid lumps’.

Thus having walked bits of it, bits up and around it and even some bits backwards, the author finally walked the West Highland Way in 2008. He was however, ready to throw down a challenge and this book is the result.

For those who enjoy a challenge this book is well-recommended.’

(Strider, Winter 2010)

‘There may be comic appreciation in the title, but the content is serious. The audience is the passionate hill walker who fancies the West Highland Way with extras on the side, or who needs to walk from Milngavie to Loch Linnhe on the road less travelled, or who just wants a new challenge far from the crowds.

Ronald Turnbull blends instruction with anecdote, bringing colour to navigation and humanity to camping in the Scottish hills. The descriptions of the 24 routes are clear and the right amount of detail is included.’