I first heard about the West Highland Way, Scotland’s first official long distance hiking route, in the mid 1990s, but it took me nearly 30 years to walk it. Growing up in Glasgow, I started doing ...

Graeme, the duty manager at the YHA hostel in Crianlarich, raises an eyebrow as I dump my dripping pack by the door. It’s been dark for several hours already, it’s raining heavily, and he clearly wasn ...

FORT WILLIAM, SCOTLAND — The pastime of hill walking, as it’s called in Scotland, was something I knew I had to do as soon as I learned about it. I grew up hiking in the Rocky Mountains, and hill ...

Pretty much since the day we completed our Coast to Coast walk across northern England, back in the fall of 2019, Cynthia and I have been itching to hit the trail again for more exploring of the ...

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Editor’s note: This is the eighth and final story in Mark Lorenzoni’s series on his eight-day hike on the West Highland Way, a 96-mile path that runs along the lochs and Highlands of Scotland.

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The "Harry Potter" movies were filmed throughout the Scottish Highlands (the location of Hagrid's hut can be found in Glencoe), but the most recognizable location is in Glenfinnan. Remember that ...

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Scotland is home to some of the UK's most incredible walks and it seems the internet agrees after two were named in a list which picked out the most searched for routes across Britain. Research by the ...

With race season in full swing, numerous running events took place in June, but few would surpass the iconic West Highland Way Race. 95 punishing miles set over the stunning West Highland Way in ...