Unmissable paths across Scotland?

Peewiglet said:

I'm currently planning a route across Scotland, west to east. It's
still very fluid, although I'm definitely planning the Lairig Ghru,
and I also plan to pass through Braemar.

Once in Braemar you could head over Jock's Road into Glen Clova. Aside
from being a good route it means you finish the big hills on the
doorstep of the Clova Hotel, which does tasty meals and a good pint!

Pete.
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Quoted message said:

I'm currently planning a route across Scotland, west to east. It's
still very fluid, although I'm definitely planning the Lairig Ghru,
and I also plan to pass through Braemar. I have several helpful books
to help in the planning, including 'Scottish Hill Tracks' by the
Scottish Rights of Way Society.

Are there any other particularly beautiful or otherwise desirable
paths that those of you more familiar with Scotland would wish to
incorporate in a walk across? It seems a great pity to miss lovely
things out, due to unfamiliarity with the area.

I hope to post full details of the North to South route through the Lairig
Ghru and on to Braemar, soon. I'll also detail a detour that I think is a
must - the 'Fairy Glen' in Gleann an t-Slugain. Also, whilst you're in the
area, you might like to search for 'The Secret Howff' - but you'll be lucky
to find it (I was)!

Jim Ford

Peewiglet <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

I'm currently planning a route across Scotland, west to east. It's
still very fluid, although I'm definitely planning the Lairig Ghru,
and I also plan to pass through Braemar. I have several helpful books
to help in the planning, including 'Scottish Hill Tracks' by the
Scottish Rights of Way Society.

Are there any other particularly beautiful or otherwise desirable
paths that those of you more familiar with Scotland would wish to
incorporate in a walk across? It seems a great pity to miss lovely
things out, due to unfamiliarity with the area.

Many thanks for any suggestions 🙂

Best wishes,

Do I understand that you want to walk around rather than over the
mountains? I'm not sure how unmissable a path would be in that case.

With the Lairig Ghru forming part of the route I assume you'll be
connecting the northern end with the western part of the walk,
and the southern end with Braemar? You would then follow Glen
Callater and Glen Doll probably.

To the west you have a number of options. It is worth thinking about
where you want to end up / start before thinking further.

--
Adrian

Jim Ford <[email hidden]> wrote in
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* The air of uk.rec.walking was filled with the delicate perfume
* of violets, as Peewiglet <[email hidden]> descended on a
shaft * of golden sunlight, and announced:

Quoted message said:

I'm currently planning a route across Scotland, west to east. It's
still very fluid, although I'm definitely planning the Lairig Ghru,
and I also plan to pass through Braemar. I have several helpful books
to help in the planning, including 'Scottish Hill Tracks' by the
Scottish Rights of Way Society.

Are there any other particularly beautiful or otherwise desirable
paths that those of you more familiar with Scotland would wish to
incorporate in a walk across? It seems a great pity to miss lovely
things out, due to unfamiliarity with the area.

I hope to post full details of the North to South route through the
Lairig Ghru and on to Braemar, soon. I'll also detail a detour that I
think is a must - the 'Fairy Glen' in Gleann an t-Slugain. Also,
whilst you're in the area, you might like to search for 'The Secret
Howff' - but you'll be lucky to find it (I was)!

Jim Ford

But don't tell. It's a secret.

--
Adrian

"Peewiglet" <[email hidden]> schreef in bericht
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Quoted message said:

I'm currently planning a route across Scotland, west to east. It's
still very fluid, although I'm definitely planning the Lairig Ghru,
and I also plan to pass through Braemar. I have several helpful books
to help in the planning, including 'Scottish Hill Tracks' by the
Scottish Rights of Way Society.

Are there any other particularly beautiful or otherwise desirable
paths that those of you more familiar with Scotland would wish to
incorporate in a walk across? It seems a great pity to miss lovely
things out, due to unfamiliarity with the area.

Many thanks for any suggestions 🙂

Where will you start and where will you end ? Do you need some prints from
Anquet or do you already have the Scotland CD's ?
Do you want to stay *low-level* or does your walk include some ridgewalks ?

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Theo
www.theosphotos.fotopic.net

Oops! I read that as Unmissable paths across Scotland?

I can miss any path anywhere even with map compass and GPS. :-(

--
Dave F

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Quoted message said:

I'm currently planning a route across Scotland, west to east. It's
still very fluid, although I'm definitely planning the Lairig Ghru,
and I also plan to pass through Braemar. I have several helpful books
to help in the planning, including 'Scottish Hill Tracks' by the
Scottish Rights of Way Society.

Are there any other particularly beautiful or otherwise desirable
paths that those of you more familiar with Scotland would wish to
incorporate in a walk across? It seems a great pity to miss lovely
things out, due to unfamiliarity with the area.

Many thanks for any suggestions 🙂

The obvious answer is that there are simply too many and you'd never be able
to complete them all in a single traverse. You've already spotted one of the
difficulties in that many run rather North-South for a dircet crossing.

My candidates would include:

- Inverie via Barrisdale Bay to Kinlochhourn
- Glen Nevis to, well, almost anywhere!

Both of the above could be used in a West-East crossing as there are many
good paths connecting them.

- Any route through Glen Affric.
- Poolewe to Dundonnell via Carnmore

Both too far North for you (this time)??

druish

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

whilst you're in the area, you might like to search for 'The Secret
Howff' - but you'll be lucky to find it (I was)!

Jim Ford

But don't tell. It's a secret.

Yes, I'm aware of the 'rules'!

Jim Ford

"druidh" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:c5eBd.2445$Z7.2078
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druish

pishshshed already?

:-)
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Adrian

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 12:28:26 +0000, Peter Clinch
<[email hidden]> wrote:

[...]

Quoted message said:

Once in Braemar you could head over Jock's Road into Glen Clova. Aside
from being a good route it means you finish the big hills on the
doorstep of the Clova Hotel, which does tasty meals and a good pint!

Sounds perfect! Thanks 🙂

Best wishes,
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On 31 Dec 2004 12:37:17 GMT, Jim Ford <[email hidden]>
wrote:

[...]

Quoted message said:

I hope to post full details of the North to South route through the Lairig
Ghru and on to Braemar, soon.

Thanks Jim 🙂

Quoted message said:

I'll also detail a detour that I think is a
must - the 'Fairy Glen' in Gleann an t-Slugain. Also, whilst you're in the
area, you might like to search for 'The Secret Howff' - but you'll be lucky
to find it (I was)!

Very cool! Thank you 🙂

Best wishes,
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(**)PeeWiglet~~
/ \ / \ pee AT [guessthisbit].co.uk

On 31 Dec 2004 14:55:02 GMT, Adrian Tupper
<[email hidden]> wrote:

[...]

Quoted message said:

Do I understand that you want to walk around rather than over the
mountains?

Not necessarily. I'll be guided by the weather when I get there, but
unless there's ice on the tops then I'll be climbing some mountains.

Quoted message said:

I'm not sure how unmissable a path would be in that case.

I suppose tastes differ.The Lairig Ghru is a valley, as far as I
u/stand it, but it seems to come highly recommended.

Quoted message said:

With the Lairig Ghru forming part of the route I assume you'll be
connecting the northern end with the western part of the walk,
and the southern end with Braemar?

Yes, that's the plan.

Quoted message said:

You would then follow Glen
Callater and Glen Doll probably.

Quoted message said:

To the west you have a number of options. It is worth thinking about
where you want to end up / start before thinking further.

Naturally I'll have to decide that. In the meantime, though, I'm
really just wondering whether there are any E-W walks that people
familiar with Scotland consider to be so beautiful/wonderful/etc that
they wouldn't want to miss them out. I'll take a/c of all the info I
can find - from here, from books, from the internet - when I settle on
a route.

Thanks!

Best wishes,
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(**)PeeWiglet~~
/ \ / \ pee AT [guessthisbit].co.uk

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 16:02:26 +0100, "theo" <[email hidden]>
wrote:

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Hi Theo,

Quoted message said:

Where will you start and where will you end ?

I've not decided where to start yet, but I'll probably finish in/near
Montrose.

Quoted message said:

Do you need some prints from
Anquet or do you already have the Scotland CD's ?

Many thanks for the offer, which is much appreciated, but I now have
the GB North CDs, so I should be fine.

Quoted message said:

Do you want to stay *low-level* or does your walk include some ridgewalks ?

I'd like to include some ridgewalks. Initially I planned to stay
entirely low-level, because there was so much questioning about ice
axes and crampons and winter experience on the application form that I
concluded that the tops were likely to be covered in ice. That no
longer seems at all likely, though, so I'm hoping to do some ridges,
but will naturally plan alternative routes for use if necessary.

Best wishes,
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(**)PeeWiglet~~
/ \ / \ pee AT [guessthisbit].co.uk

Dave Fawthrop said:

Oops! I read that as Unmissable paths across Scotland?

I can miss any path anywhere even with map compass and GPS. :-(

:-) I know that feeling!

Best wishes,
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On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 15:18:32 GMT, "druidh" <[email hidden]> wrote:

[...]

Quoted message said:

The obvious answer is that there are simply too many and you'd never be able
to complete them all in a single traverse. You've already spotted one of the
difficulties in that many run rather North-South for a dircet crossing.

Yup! Inconvenient, I call it! 🙂

Quoted message said:

My candidates would include:

- Inverie via Barrisdale Bay to Kinlochhourn
- Glen Nevis to, well, almost anywhere!

Both of the above could be used in a West-East crossing as there are many
good paths connecting them.

Many thanks indeed - I'll go and look them up.

Quoted message said:

- Any route through Glen Affric.
- Poolewe to Dundonnell via Carnmore

Both too far North for you (this time)??

Ooh, Glen Affric doesn't look too far North.

Thanks again - I'll settle down with the books again :-)

Best wishes,
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(**)PeeWiglet~~
/ \ / \ pee AT [guessthisbit].co.uk

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 16:12:52 +0000, Peewiglet <[email hidden]>
wrote:

[...]

Quoted message said:

really just wondering whether there are any E-W walks [...]

Or even W-E... is it possible to be geographically dyslexic?

Best wishes,
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(**)PeeWiglet~~
/ \ / \ pee AT [guessthisbit].co.uk

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"druidh" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:c5eBd.2445$Z7.2078
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druish

pishshshed already?

No - just wishing. Got my eye on a bottle of Balvenie for later on.

(not necessarily all of it mind)

druidh

"Peewiglet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 15:18:32 GMT, "druidh" <[email hidden]> wrote:

[...]

Quoted message said:

The obvious answer is that there are simply too many and you'd never be
able
to complete them all in a single traverse. You've already spotted one of
the
difficulties in that many run rather North-South for a dircet crossing.

Yup! Inconvenient, I call it! 🙂

Quoted message said:

My candidates would include:

- Inverie via Barrisdale Bay to Kinlochhourn
- Glen Nevis to, well, almost anywhere!

Both of the above could be used in a West-East crossing as there are many
good paths connecting them.

Many thanks indeed - I'll go and look them up.

Quoted message said:

- Any route through Glen Affric.
- Poolewe to Dundonnell via Carnmore

Both too far North for you (this time)??

Ooh, Glen Affric doesn't look too far North.

Thanks again - I'll settle down with the books again :-)

Another book you might want to look for is "Across Scotland on Foot" by
Ronald Turnbull - ISBN 0 9515996-4-X. I don;t know if it's still available
but you could borrow mine if required.

druidh

"Peewiglet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I'm currently planning a route across Scotland, west to east. It's
still very fluid, although I'm definitely planning the Lairig Ghru,
and I also plan to pass through Braemar. I have several helpful books
to help in the planning, including 'Scottish Hill Tracks' by the
Scottish Rights of Way Society.

Are there any other particularly beautiful or otherwise desirable
paths that those of you more familiar with Scotland would wish to
incorporate in a walk across? It seems a great pity to miss lovely
things out, due to unfamiliarity with the area.

Many thanks for any suggestions 🙂

Best wishes,
--
,,
(**)PeeWiglet~~
/ \ / \ pee AT [guessthisbit].co.uk

Is this for your TGO Challenge? Are you looking for a high or low level
crossing? What's your start/finish point?

Happy new year PW

Bob