Category Archives: Diary

LETJOG – Day 52: Thursday 8 July – MUIR OF ORD to ALNESS (18 miles) The climate and the light soils of this area provide great country for growing barley, essential of course for making whisky as well as for beer, and these quivering fields have graced my walk today, particularly this afternoon along theContinue reading “Fields Of Gold”

LETJOG – Day 51: Wednesday 7 July – DRUMNADROCHIT to MUIR OF ORD (17 miles) Lots of road walking today, and indeed in prospect tomorrow, as the route that I have scheduled turns unerringly, and reassuringly, northwards, linking the parts of the Great Glen Way I have walked with those of the John O’Groats TrailContinue reading “Bright Side Of The Road”

LETJOG – Day 50: Tuesday 6 July – FORT AUGUSTUS to DRUMNADROCHIT (20 miles) Today has been a day of forest tracks, low white cloud, conifers, and lots of water. The Great Glen Way out of Fort Augustus quickly gains height above Loch Ness on a well-made forestry track through dense evergreen forest, the waysidesContinue reading “Many Rivers To Cross”

LETJOG – Day 49: Monday 5 July – CLUNES to FORT AUGUSTUS (18 miles) After breakfast in my room, I left Bank Street Lodge, my home for two consecutive nights(!), and took a taxi back the 14 miles to the remote hamlet of Clunes where my walk ended yesterday. From this minor road the GreatContinue reading “Have You Ever Seen The Rain?”

LETJOG – Day 48: Sunday 4 July – FORT WILLIAM to CLUNES (14 miles) How best to spend a scheduled ‘Rest Day’? Well, having booked into my B&B in Fort William for two nights, my plan was not to rest, but to rise early and to walk the two miles to Achintee House, the startingContinue reading “Castle On The Hill”

LETJOG – Day 47: Saturday 3 July – KINLOCHLEVEN to FORT WILLIAM (17 miles) After a later-than-usual breakfast today, of porridge followed by kippers and scrambled eggs, an easier walking day was in prospect for me in terms of distance. Nevertheless the steep climb out of Kinlochleven provided a reminder, should one be needed, thatContinue reading “Rocky Mountain Way”

LETJOG – Day 46: Friday 2 July – BRIDGE OF ORCHY to KINLOCHLEVEN (23 miles) Whilst on the subject of rainbows, I was in my own Land of Oz today. A truly wonderful day in the Highlands started early, in the chill air and with clear blue skies, as I set out from Bridge ofContinue reading “Rocky Mountain High”

LETJOG – Day 45: Thursday 1 July – INVERARNAN to BRIDGE OF ORCHY (21 miles) To stay at the Drivers Inn at Inverarnan is quite an experience. It dates from 1705, they say, so that makes it older than The Clachan in Drymen (itself claiming to be Scotland’s oldest licenced pub, from 1734 – seeContinue reading “The Valley Road”

LETJOG – Day 44: Wednesday 30 June – DRYMEN to INVERARNAN (26 miles) Well, today’s section of the West Highland Way really was a marathon! This demanding walk was not the longest day of my trek in terms of mileage, but with an aggregate of nearly 1,000 metres of ascent, and with countless ups-and-downs andContinue reading “Down To The Waterline”

LETJOG – Day 43: Tuesday 29 June – KILSYTH to DRYMEN (22 miles) Leaving early, before the heat got going, I picked up my path from yesterday along the Forth and Clyde Canal over the first five miles or so. For this part of the walk, and along a total of around 15 miles today,Continue reading “The Heat Is On”