Ok, Sir wandering minstrel... be more precise! And take a tent, the costs will much higher. Don't blame the Scots reputation for meanness.It is just that we don't have hostel accommodation at shorter distances than seven leagues...
) if you don't get it right nobody will have a clue where you are headed for...)
Your welcomed ..I get the overnight coach up there so only do 7 miles before I stop for the day then be wild camping for the next 90 miles or so, you can find the first part of the route by googling West Highland Way ..After that it's the Great Glen Way covering 118km to Inverness , may see the lockness monster lol then from Inverness to John O Groats known as the coastal route stretching 236km , there no alberques only hotels so its camping out apart from 3 nights
Lol ..my tent is my home at present ..its far to expensive for me to book in every night to John O Groats.. my euros left over from the Frances has funded my trip up to Scotland and the first night stay .. I find a mountain warehouse in Glasgow to get a face mask for the midges and I need to set the tent up by 5pm , I got my camping stove to so got about 9kg but there no rush to get thereOk, Sir wandering minstrel... be more precise! And take a tent, the costs will much higher. Don't blame the Scots reputation for meanness.It is just that we don't have hostel accommodation at shorter distances than seven leagues...
and did anybody mention midgies yet?
Yes you could swim in Loch Ness you never know Nessie might swim beside youOh… I would love to walk in Scotland - and bring my bathing suit and swim in the amazing lochs…
Enjoy, safe travels.
One can always hope…
Anyway I am an open water swimmer and want to plan a swimming in the lochs - and wonderful to combine with walking the camino.
You can always have a refreshing swim in the lochs after a day's walk ..I be camping next to the lochs where possible just for the lovely views though this is not a normal camino to Santiago it is an alternative 4-5 week walkOne can always hope…
But do you really need a facial mask???
It's really a mosquito net worn over your head and face. The mossies and midgies are pretty awesome in Scotland.
Thanks… Well I assume with all the lochs - I have only been to Edinburgh and Glasgow - and didn’t meet the awesome insects…
So I been told that's why I want to set up my tent early every day and can always cook my dinner in the tent rather than outside
Well, believe I will go swimming in the winter… I would assume that would make it mossie free?The mossies there keep hornets as pets.You will need the net.
You will really enjoy the West Highland Way, the Great Glen Way and to John O'Groats, that is some distance, and you wouldn't be disappointed with any of them.
Gordon my planned route is the West Highland Way to Fort William then cross over to the Great Glen Way to Inverness and if I have time the coastal route to John O Groats.
Yes please give as much detail as you can. I want to do my Camino in the British Isles because that's where my people are from.
That's correct Ray , it's all about wild camping here as there is only hotels en route to Fort Willuam
Yes - it's a totally foreign language. Just check out a few of these wee toons - Auchterader, Auchtermucty, Auchtenshuggle to name but a few.Ok, Sir wandering minstrel... be more precise! And take a tent, the costs will much higher. Don't blame the Scots reputation for meanness.It is just that we don't have hostel accommodation at shorter distances than seven leagues...
and did anybody mention midgies yet?
(and I forgot to say you need to practise saying Milngavie. It is sounded just like this: Mull guy. Who would have known?
Ok, Sir wandering minstrel... be more precise! And take a tent, the costs will much higher. Don't blame the Scots reputation for meanness.It is just that we don't have hostel accommodation at shorter distances than seven leagues...
and did anybody mention midgies yet?
(and I forgot to say you need to practise saying Milngavie. It is sounded just like this: Mull guy. Who would have known?
I was born and brought up a few miles south of Auchterarder. My sister lived for some years in Auchtermuchty. Never been to Auchenshuggle though I do know how to spell it and the other two as well...
For St Columba's Way, cf BBC recently. They ran three programmes. Beautiful, and not at all, in my opinion, celebrity star style. I keep hoping to hear from @movinmaggie, as I know she has preceeded @cardifflad52 by some years, and knows the terrain very well.
Wow, i was brought up in Milnathort, small world!!I was born and brought up a few miles south of Auchterarder. My sister lived for some years in Auchtermuchty. Never been to Auchenshuggle though I do know how to spell it and the other two as well...
Indeed I do! Auchenshuggle was a name we tried to spot on other buses when we were heading home from Glasgow to Kirkie... just because it was the name of the toon where Oor Wullie lived even if the spelling was different.I live quite near these first two places but Auchtenshoogle is a fictional village from a comic strip called "The Broons" in a Scottish Sunday newspaper
We are cycling up the East coast of Scotland - so we may cross paths after Inverness! Look out for two overladen bikes - one with a camino shell!!
No, no, the East coast folks are too mean to share the midgies...
