“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” – Ernest Hemingway
One of the wonderful aspects of the West Highland Way is you, which is why we love to share your adventures to showcase the majesty of one of Scotland’s best-loved walking trails. Feel inspired, relive your WHW memories and get planning for your return by scrolling down memory lane.
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@jeredfearn
"West Highland Way - Day Three
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Today we left Loch Lomand behind as we moved into more mountainous scenery. Finally the sun came out too, which was a bonus as we were bored of water in all its forms by the end of yesterday! Today we also passed the half way point of the Trail, which was a good feeling!
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Decided on a shorter day today, just 18.5km, to try to give my hips a break, but still very painful by the end of the day.
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Taken the difficult decision to have a rest day tomorrow and cheat by taking the bus to the next stop - hopefully so that my legs are ready to tackle the final two days!"
@evavaclavkova - "Day 2 of West Highland Way and day 2 of #takeontwenty challenge fundraising for @cr_uk by just drinking water for 20 days 💦💦💦
Sun was out, suncream on, most of Glasgow on the Conic Hill (the views are soooo worth it), and a really nice walk along the shores of Loch Lomond! Would recommend as a day trip 🚶🏼♀️🏴"
@michaelstopfordphotography -
"5 days, 102 miles, 13kg backpack, lots of rain and wind and we have completed the West Highland Way! 40 years on since it was opened in 1980 by Kirstin’s great Uncle Tom Hunter and his wife Margaret, who waved us off at the start in Milngavie. As always scotland, it’s been tough, but a pleasure."
@anna_magdalena_k - “To imagine - to dream about things that have not happened - is among mankind’s deepest needs.”
@craig_car - "#westhighlandway"
@saby_sunshine - "Erinnerig än scheeni Ziit 🏴"
@nataliedallard - "We did it! 96 miles hiked over 7 days. Our tent broke on night 3, our legs will never work the same again and we've dubbed our backpacks bone cruncher and back breaker for obvious reasons; but we did it and laughed the whole way through 🏕"
@trekker_vagabond - "Finally reached the top of Devil’s staircase"
@is.that.you.dave - "🏴"
@kelpieoutdoors - "West highland way trail, Scotland 🏴
Love the clouds in this image ☁️"
@alexiacassiopee - "2 ème partie de mon voyage en Écosse entre soleil et pluie pendant 154km à pieds. La nature et la solitude sont si belles ensemble. Ma peur de voyager seule s’est transformée en une excitation de recommencer encore et encore. Nature, you are what I love the most 💗🏔"
@jen_mac34 - "What a day yesterday was for walking! Absolutely beautiful #hike from inverornan over Rannoch Moor to glencoe and back again 👣 although the midges thought so too as they were out in force 😳 "
@johnrevisfeatherstone - "Finished the West Highland Way, bitten to near death by the Scottish midges though!"
@chef_hetherington - "Breakfast, get the day started right with a west highland full!"
@about_boris - "One of the most scenic places on the Westhighland Way. Absolute epic view."
@vespucci_adventures - "Scottish Highways👣 (📷 @alex._.middleton )"
(FB) Kellyanne Graham with Sharon Chalmers McDerment at Rowardennan Hotel.
(FB) Laura MC - "Day 1 complete! All I have to say is I’m coming back to Drymen for a pub crawl - spoilt for choice! 21 miles tomorrow to Inversnaid!"
(FB) - Susan Harbison
(FB) - James Beacham
@chargoesexploring - "In April 2019, I had my first long distance adventure walking the West Highland Way. Nothing prepared me for how hard it was going to be, blisters, breakdowns and bad decisions 😂
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Wild camping on the shores of Loch Lomond was an amazing experience. I was so tired I kept thinking the land across the water was an island and my brain couldn’t grasp that it wasn’t 🤷♀️. As I’d never been to that part of Scotland before I was blown away by the beauty and wildness of the Highlands.
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Walking it made me keen to do another long distance walk, like the Pembrokeshire coastal path or the Pennine Way. Maybe even one day the Camino de Santiago! "
@travel_melmatt - "First day down 😃 all four seasons in one day 😬 but what a day! rainbows, swings, wildlife, 19km with 17-kilo on our backs will feel that in the morning 😅"
@anna_magdalena_k - “To Touch the sky you just have to get that little bit closer.”
(FB) - Robert Abbey