THE GREAT GLEN WAY
By Paddy Dillon (read excerpts from this book at Google Books)
Published by Cicerone Press (read more about this book at Cicerone)
ISBN-13 1-85284-503-2
Price £10.00

The Great Glen is a remarkable, ruler-straight glen slicing south-west to north-east, from coast to coast through the Highlands of Scotland. It is based on the ancient Great Glen Fault, which tore the mountains apart millions of years ago and is still capable of giving the occasional shudder. The Great Glen contains three lochs: Loch Lochy, little Loch Oich and the enormous Loch Ness, home of a legendary 'monster'. The low-lying glen has attracted canal-cutters, road-builders and railway engineers, all seeking a coast to coast route through the Highlands. More recently, the glen has been blessed with a long-distance footpath offering walkers an easy coast to coast walk through the Highlands. The route links at Fort William with the long-established West Highland Way, and has its other terminus at the Highland capital of Inverness. When the route was being checked, it was walked immediately after a trek along the West Highland Way, and immediately before a trek along the Speyside Way. The route has been described both ways in the guidebook, which contains full-colour Ordnance Survey maps and plenty of pictures. As an easy, low-level trail, the Great Glen Way would serve well as an introduction to long-distance walking, and it could be completed at most times of the year.

WALK CONTENTS

South to North

Day 1 - Fort William to Gairlochy
Day 2 - Gairlochy to Laggan
Day 3 - Laggan to Fort Augustus
Day 4 - Fort Augustus to Invermoriston
Day 5 - Invermoriston to Drumnadrochit
Day 6 - Drumnadrochit to Inverness

North to South

Day 1 - Inverness to Drumnadrochit
Day 2 - Drumadrochit to Invermoriston
Day 3 - Invermoriston to Fort Augustus
Day 4 - Fort Augustus to Laggan
Day 5 - Laggan to Gairlochy
Day 6 - Gairlochy to Fort William

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