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West Highland Way Map Booklet
1:25,000 OS Route Mapping
This compact booklet of maps shows the full route of the 95 mile West Highland Way, one of Scotland’s Great Trails. This booklet is included with the Cicerone guidebook to the trail and shows the full route on OS 1:25K maps. The map booklet can be used to walk the trail in either direction.
Seasons
May-June and September-October avoid the worst of the midges, but suitably experienced backpackers can do this walk at any time of year.Centres
Milngavie, Drymen, Crianlarich, Tyndrum, Kinlochleven, Fort WilliamDifficulty
The walking is not difficult for anyone accustomed to regular walks longer than 10 miles, although there is ample scope to shorten almost all of the days, and to offload the pack carrying onto an independent service that will transport your baggage for you.Must See
Loch Lomond, Rannoch Moor, Glencoe, Buachaille Etive Mòr, the Devil's Staircase, Lairig Mòr-
Overview
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A booklet of all the mapping needed to walk the West Highland Way, one of Scotland’s Great Trails. Covering 155km (97 miles) from Milngavie to Fort William, the route is suitable for walkers of most abilities and takes around a week to complete.
- The full route line is shown on 1:25,000 OS maps
- The map booklet can be used to walk the trail in either direction
- Sized to easily fit in a jacket pocket
- The relevant extract from the OS Explorer map legend is included
- An accompanying Cicerone guidebook – Walking the West Highland Way is also available, which includes a copy of this map booklet
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By Terry Marsh
Lancashire-born writer and photographer Dr Terry Marsh specialises in the outdoors and travel. He is the author or revision author/editor of over 100 guidebooks, including the award-winning Cicerone guides to the Coast to Coast Walk (first published in 1993), The Shropshire Way (1999) and Great Mountain Days in the Pennines (2013). Terry has a PhD in Historical Geography and is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS). He is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS), a Life Member of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (FSA (Scot)).
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