Join me on my first Vlog as I walk Ben Nevis via the CMD Arete.
An enjoyable day on Scotland and the UK’s highest mountain, walking a route a little less trodden but a lot more exciting than the Pony Track, Or more often known as the Tourist Route, these days.
In terms of through hikes, the West Highland Way at 96 miles isn’t exactly a Goliath. However, it does stand shoulder to shoulder in what could be said to be ‘men amongst men’ of Trail walks.
This particular through hike which runs from Scotland’s largest city to one of it finest Outdoor Centres, Fort William, draws walking enthusiasts and novices alike from all over the world. Many people come and walk part of ‘The Way’, others come and fulfil the entirety of it. Some walk it, some run it and some bike it.
So how long does the West Highland Way take to complete? The truth is, and I know it’s not what everyone wants to hear. How long is a piece of string?
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A year ago, the start of 2020 there was the rumblings of what was happening on the far side of our planet…. China was going into Meltdown, sorry Lockdown, some crazy bird-flu type thing seemed to be hitting Wuhan City in the Hubei Province.
The rest of the world looked on with our usual, hmmmph, typical, what do you expect? Type arrogance, with the usual finger wagging, rather than any sort of compassion. Anyway, a year on and the the vast majority of the world seems to be in one form of Lockdown or the other. Here in mainland Scotland, we are classed currently at Level 4 Lockdown which is our highest, most stringent set of restrictions, with many sectors of industry and the general freedom of movement for the public under controls of one type or the other.
