West Highland Way 2012: West Highland Way Diary days 3-5

Day 3 – Rowardennan to Inverannan

Miles 13

Accomadation Bienglass Lodges **** (Luxury would recommend)

We couldn’t wait to get out of the Hostel and on our way to the next stop at Inverannan, although this was to prove the toughest section of the route.

After about 10 minutes walking we met Julie and Eileen again for the final time on this walk , they where cracking on to Crainlarich which really was a tough section,

Girls if you are reading we would be interested to know how you got on with that leg ?

Julie and Eileen on the move

We stopped for Lunch at the Inversnaid Hotel (again meeting the Forfar team) trend developing ??

Charlie and John Invershnaid :-)

Inversnaid Hotel ferry

The path round the loch after Inversnaid proved to be a killer part of the walk, really tough and really tricky when wet, it proved to be a pretty exhausting day one which saw us nearly lose a man into the loch, however we trudged on and by the time we reached the hills above Ardlui , the sun was out again.

Loch Lomond from hills opposite Ardlui

Wild Goats on Loch Lomond

Chaz at

Rob Roys cave (allegedly)

Day 4 – Inverannan to Tyndrum

Miles 12

Accomadation : By The Way Hostel *** (clean but v small rooms)

After an excellent breakfast at Bienglas we set off on the walk to Tyndrum.

I felt this was the easiest section of the walk pretty uneventful until you reach the small Strathfillan settlement, here at the Wigwams trading post, we had a coffee and a bacon roll.

The rooms at the Hostel are clean but quite small for adults they have an excellent communal area and great self catering facilities.

Here we met mother and son Colin and Janice for the first time,transpires that they were on a similar schedule to ourselves .

Colin and Janice..

Dinner was at Paddy,s Bar in Tyndrum which was a short walk from the Hostel.

Day 5 – Tyndrum to Kingshouse (Glencoe)

Miles 18

Accommodation: Kings House Hotel Glencoe **** (Best Breakfast all week)

We were met at Tyndrum by Slacker No4 (Bobby) who would join us for the walk to Fort William and after grabbing breakfast at the service station at the Green Welly, we were on our way.

The weather for this part was the worst we experienced all week heavy rain and cold winds made for a difficult section..

Enroute to Bridge of Orchy

We reached Bridge of Orchy Hotel for Lunch around 12:00, the rain having stopped just as we arrived.

After a nice lunch we headed out towards Glencoe via Rannoch Moor although dry it was extremely windy, this slowed us down a bit and also made taking a break more difficult

                                        Gates at start of Rannoch Moor