On this day last September (2022) cousin Stu and I started out on the West Highland Way in Scotland, from Milngavie to Fort William. All 96 miles (154 km) of it. Now, I did blog the highlights last October – once my feet had recovered enough that I could walk to the computer. But I thought I would post a few more pictures from each day of the walk, one year later.
Here’s the previous blog if you want to shortcut the next series of posts. 😉
https://atomic-temporary-108620744.wpcomstaging.com/2022/10/01/not-dead-yet/
I’ve borrowed a map from the official page, and considering how much much Stu and I spent on beer, cider, and food, I can live with stealing a digital map! 🙂 But it helps me recall the painful episodes, I mean points of interest, along the way.
I should probably also mention things like we were meant to do this back in 2019, but COVID19 happened. And then, there’s the whole “returning to Scotland” thing that takes me back to December 2000 when we left Glasgow for Denmark. So, there was plenty to see along the way, and most of it was familiar. I just don’t remember it being quite so painful.
But we’ll get to that.
But before the pain, lets enjoy the fresh faced fellas in the top picture in Milngavie.
And the grand Scottish countryside below the aforementioned fresh faced fellas!
Chris
96 miles in 8 days? Over rough, up-and-down terrain? I can agree that it would be a real foot-pummeller! And you’ll think I’m putting you in, but your photo above of the trail looks REMARKABLY like the very landscape in which Jill and I hiked just last Friday . . here in Los Angeles!! 😮
The Scottish Highlands in LA? Brilliant! I was in LA for 13 days many years ago… back when I lived in Scotland! 😉
Whre in Scotland did you live? My grandfather was born and raised in PERTH!
Well, this is eerily fantastic! Perth? Amazing. I took my BA in Glasgow, met Jane in Aviemore, in the Highlands (she had been in Scotland for about 10 years by this time) and then we moved back to Glasgow before Denmark. My real last name – Paton – is Scottish. It’s also the only country I’ve ever lived in where they pronounce it right, instead of calling me by a certain famous general’s name. 🙂 I lived in Scotland for 7 years.
So how DO you pronounce your surname?? I guess Jill and I have been tossing it around erroneously for years! 😳 More eeriness – I was a soldier in General Patton’s 2nd ARMORED DIVISION when I was in the US Army!! 😳😮😳
Wow. I’m impressed, Dave. 🙂 My name is pronounced Payton, but without the ‘y’. My real name, that is. 😉