Product Description

The Cicerone guidebook to walking the Great Glen Way, provides a 117km (73 mile) low-level route from Scotland's coast to coast, between Fort William and Inverness. The route includes easy, level stretches alongside the Caledonian Canal, as well as stretches over rougher terrain. The route is an ideal introduction to long-distance walking. A great beginners guide.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #214018 in Books
• Brand: Cicerone
• Published on: 2007-03-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Features

• Seasons-Low-lying, so it is possible to walk the Great Glen Way at most times of year.
• Centres-Inverness, Drumnadrochit, Invermoriston, Fort Augustus, North Laggan, Gairlochy, Fort William
• Difficulty-The great Glen Way is 5–
• 6 day low-level waymarked National Trail, with a range of facilities along the way. An ideal introduction to long-distance walking.

Review
'The Great Glen Way provides a good introduction to long distance walking in Scotland. A low-level, waymarked route through the grandeur of the Scottish highlands, its 73 miles takes on e from Fort William to Inverness. Or even vice-versa, as the author has written instructions for either direction.With over 30 guidebooks to his name, the author is well known as a reliable and interesting writer and this one maintains his reputation.'(Strider / August 2007)Check out the review on the following website: Undiscoveredscotland.com

About the Author
Paddy Dillon is a prolific outdoor writer with over a score of books to his name. He lives on the fringe of the Lake District, and has walked, and written about walking, in every county in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. He has walked in many parts of Europe, as well as Nepal, Tibet, and the Canadian Rockies.

Customer Reviews

Perfectly good - does the job
As a guide to walking the Great Glen Way, this does what it says on the tin, giving perfectly adequate directions for walking the route both North to South and South to North.

It is not a difficult job, as it is almost impossible to get lost on this path, but the book does what it sets out to do.

It does need a little updating, the path has been re-routed for part of the section between Drumnadrochit and Inverness. Also, many of the tea rooms identified have closed down, which can be disappointing.

In terms of the path itself, if you are trying to decide whether to do it, I would summarise it as being not the most interesting walking in the world, there is too much on roads and forest tracks for that, but worth undertaking for the fabulous scenery, Loch Lochy in particular.

Walking from South to North, the walk is like a crescendo, with the highest point and the most interesting walking coming on the final day.

So in summary the walk is worth doing, and this book is a perfectly adequate guide