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Great Glen Way - Top Tips
@Michèle one of our new Community members is coming over to Scotland in August to walk the Great Glen Way. Have you walked it? Do you have any insider tips? Must visit places close to the route? Let's help Michele make the most of the trip!
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Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@leodhasach
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@leodhasach
Hi,
There are two paths north from Fort Augustus to Invermoriston the high road or the low road
I would thoroughly recommend the high road, it’s a little steep but once you are up the views across Loch Ness are amazing. Enjoy.
Between Inverness and Drumnadrochit theres a wild cafe! On the trail you will see signposts for tea, coffee etc. Go!!!! A surreal experience being served tea from a silver tea set in the middle of a wood with hens and pigs!! Great hosts too!
We used B&B rather than wild camp. Invermoriston was the best overnight! We arrived from Drumnadrochit and found a gorgeous tea room (turn right off the great glen way) for a welcome freshly brewed coffee and 'millionaires shortcake'; then down to the Invermoriston Hotel (family owned) for our overnight where we were gobsmacked by the dinner! The Duke of Buccleuchs chef had just taken residence and we had an amazing experience. A good job we were burning calories!!
Do yourself a favour and stay overnight; and do yourself another favour by missing out the Invergordon loop.
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@leodhasach
The answer to your question can be best learnt from the WalkHighlands "Terrain" description as well as photos of the hike you are interested in. All the segments of the Great Glen Way can be found here: https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/great-glen-way.shtml Most, if not all, segments have excellent paved trails, segment 2 is an example: https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/fortwilliam/gairlochy-laggan-locks.shtml Some segments have more elevation change than others.
Let me also add that I find the fact that you are an amputee hiker very inspiring. If you have descriptions of your experiences on a blog or social media somewhere, I'd love to know and follow along!
Feel free to ask followup questions.
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My suggestion at this point would be to ask your question on the Scottish Hillwalking Facebook Group. It has thousands of members and I've seen many specific questions about Scottish hill walking and wild camping answered on it.
Best of Scotland in 1 week itinerary (fully by public transport)
My Scotland travels (includes Edinburgh, Skye, Harris, Mull, Arran, Orkney, Loch Lomond, Islay, Oban, Dunoon, Speyside)