Well I did it! I hiked the West Highland Way, all 96 miles (plus some more for getting lost), in six days and in winter! There were times when I wanted to give up, there were times when I wanted to walk to the next train station and hop on the next train to Birmingham, but I didn't. I ended up walking through heavy rain, brief sunshine, light rain, winds, heavy snow, mist and just about every other weather imaginable short of tropical cyclone!
It was tough all right, my feet felt like they wanted to fall off and my back was aching under the heavy load, but I wouldn't have had it any other way. Despite the uncomfortableness of achy limbs the scenery was too good not to enjoy and be part of and the West Highland Way has got to be one of the UK's finest long distance trails.
I'll be updating this blog in a diary format for the next few days giving a run through of my hike, so keep your eyes on here for my next update: Day 1 – Milngavie to Conic Hill which involves getting lost in a forest at night and retreating to our storm shelter.
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