Great Glen Way

 This was my first Scottish Walking.  Instead of National Trails such as in England and Wales, Scotland has Long Distance Paths (LDP's) and a far more established tradition of land access.  There are four altogether - The Great Glen Way, The Speyside Way, The Southern Upland Way and The West Highland Way.  I completed the GGW in 2004/5.  It is very beautiful along the shores and forests bordering such as Loch Ness and the Caledonian Canal from Fort William to Inverness a distance of 73 miles.  It was quite challenging as the terrain gets harder the further north you go and as it is so far from home I had to maximise my daily mileage and do two days in a row each time - so it took me a total of four days.  Sections walked: Fort William to South Laggan, South Laggan to Altsigh, Altsigh to Drumnadrochit,Drumnadrochit to Inverness.  Unfortunately (For me) I have lost the photos from the first two days as I had a collossal hard drive melt down sometime after and have finally understood the wisdom of backups.  I have a couple of low res shots saved as they were on another website of mine.

Old Rail bridge on Fort Augustus Line nr North Laggan

Loch Ness Youth Hostel

Part Of The Tourist Trade

The long and winding road - somewhere above Loch Ness

First view of Inverness

Inverness Castle - Job Done