Sunday, June 16, 2013

West Highland Way: The credits

Time to thank the everyone who made this great trip possible.

A huge thank you to Julie at Gemini Walks for organizing our walk. Julie is a wealth of knowledge about the Way and the accommodations available. Her patience with our many questions and her helpful hints made our trip a joy. She handled all the bookings and transfer of bags, as well as providing detailed information to help us on the Way.
http://www.geminiwalks.com/

By far the best guide we found is "West Highland Way: British Walking Guide Series" by Charlie Loram published by Trailblazer Guides. Great detailed hand drawn maps and practical info on transportation, accommodations and meals provided the only book we needed for our trip.
http://trailblazer-guides.com/

Some useful web sites we found:

http://www.west-highland-way.co.uk/home.asp

http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/

http://www.visitscotland.com/see-do/activities/walking/

http://www.ramblers.org.uk/scotland

We met many fellow hikers along the Way, but one asked for a shout out on our blog. Ron of Ron's Rambles has walked all the Wainrights in the Lake District and has a detailed blog of his rambles. He has posted his travels on the Way on his blog. Keep on walking Ron.
http://www.ronsrambles.co.uk/141836313

Special thanks to Margaret who picked us up from the airport, put us up in Glasgow, and drove us to the start of the Way.

And no list of thanks would be complete without including my wife Mari, who did all the planning and plotting to make the trip come about. All I had to do was show up and put my boots on. A wonderful way to spend our 10th wedding anniversary.

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