120608 West Highland Way. Milngavie - Drymen
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 13.36 mi
- Elevation gain
- 669 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 732 ft
- Max elevation
- 442 ft
- TrailRank
-
43
4
- Min elevation
- 40 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Coordinates
- 439
- Uploaded
- July 1, 2012
- Recorded
- July 2012
near Milngavie, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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We moved from Glasgow Central Station to Milngavie by train (3 pounds). As soon as we get off the train, in the same station, we see a sign that welcomes us to the WHW.
As we enter the town, to mark the beginning of the road we will see a pyramid in the middle of the pedestrian street and on the right a gate with the name West Highland Way, after which the trail begins. There is also a visitor reception center, where they have a book in which you can register, they have information and guides of the WHW and their accommodations and they even sell the local repellent for the midgets (essential) for 7 pounds. Then I saw it in all kinds of stores, including supermarkets for 5-6 pounds. Also there at the visitor's center they booked us that night's accommodation in Drymen.
Before leaving Milngavie, you have to buy supplies for the day (there are no more stores until Drymen), unless you are going to eat at the Dumgayne restaurant, mentioned below.
We begin to walk along the path, first through a forest, and soon we see the first lake, Lake Craigallan, tiny in relation to what we will see in the coming days.
Outside the forest we have the first views of the Scottish moors and soon we arrive at the Glengoyne distillery, the only whiskey distillery we will find on the way. We visit it, after paying 9 pounds which includes the visit plus a tasting of the whiskey of 10 years and another of the one of 17 years.
To get to the distillery you have to get out of the way about 300 m. After the visit, instead of returning to the road in the same place, we follow a small distance along the road until we reach the junction with the road again. At this junction, we have the Dumgyane pub, the last place on today's stage where you can stop for lunch. If you bring your own food, you can also take it at tables outside.
Again we enter the path, which at the end of the stage becomes a little road with hardly any traffic that reaches Drymen. A little before reaching Drymen, the path leaves the road on the right, although we continue straight ahead, because that night we would stay in Drymen. Already on this path we have the first contact with mosquitoes (midgets) that will become almost a nightmare in the coming days.
Accommodation in Drymen, in the B & B Kip in the Kirk, which in addition to rooms has a collective dormitory (what they call bunkhouse) of about 8 beds, but very spacious and comfortable. Price in that bedroom, £ 25 / person including an excellent continental breakfast. The owner, Frances, is an excellent woman who can help you with everything you need. He helped us try to book accommodation for the next day in Rowardennan or in Inversnaid. Impossible, everything complete, at least the economic sites. We finally agreed to sleep at her B & B for a second night and she would pick us up at her car in Inversnaid, end of our next stage and we would take her there the next morning. In addition, he booked Tyndrum's accommodation on our own.
In the evening, visit the lively pub The Clachan, established in 1734 and read in some guide that is the oldest in Scotland. Paint beer or whiskey, to suit each one.
Moving time: 4h 59min
As we enter the town, to mark the beginning of the road we will see a pyramid in the middle of the pedestrian street and on the right a gate with the name West Highland Way, after which the trail begins. There is also a visitor reception center, where they have a book in which you can register, they have information and guides of the WHW and their accommodations and they even sell the local repellent for the midgets (essential) for 7 pounds. Then I saw it in all kinds of stores, including supermarkets for 5-6 pounds. Also there at the visitor's center they booked us that night's accommodation in Drymen.
Before leaving Milngavie, you have to buy supplies for the day (there are no more stores until Drymen), unless you are going to eat at the Dumgayne restaurant, mentioned below.
We begin to walk along the path, first through a forest, and soon we see the first lake, Lake Craigallan, tiny in relation to what we will see in the coming days.
Outside the forest we have the first views of the Scottish moors and soon we arrive at the Glengoyne distillery, the only whiskey distillery we will find on the way. We visit it, after paying 9 pounds which includes the visit plus a tasting of the whiskey of 10 years and another of the one of 17 years.
To get to the distillery you have to get out of the way about 300 m. After the visit, instead of returning to the road in the same place, we follow a small distance along the road until we reach the junction with the road again. At this junction, we have the Dumgyane pub, the last place on today's stage where you can stop for lunch. If you bring your own food, you can also take it at tables outside.
Again we enter the path, which at the end of the stage becomes a little road with hardly any traffic that reaches Drymen. A little before reaching Drymen, the path leaves the road on the right, although we continue straight ahead, because that night we would stay in Drymen. Already on this path we have the first contact with mosquitoes (midgets) that will become almost a nightmare in the coming days.
Accommodation in Drymen, in the B & B Kip in the Kirk, which in addition to rooms has a collective dormitory (what they call bunkhouse) of about 8 beds, but very spacious and comfortable. Price in that bedroom, £ 25 / person including an excellent continental breakfast. The owner, Frances, is an excellent woman who can help you with everything you need. He helped us try to book accommodation for the next day in Rowardennan or in Inversnaid. Impossible, everything complete, at least the economic sites. We finally agreed to sleep at her B & B for a second night and she would pick us up at her car in Inversnaid, end of our next stage and we would take her there the next morning. In addition, he booked Tyndrum's accommodation on our own.
In the evening, visit the lively pub The Clachan, established in 1734 and read in some guide that is the oldest in Scotland. Paint beer or whiskey, to suit each one.
Moving time: 4h 59min
Waypoints
Waypoint
82 ft
Destileria Glengoyne
08-JUN-12 13:37:01
Waypoint
194 ft
Drymen
Drymen
Waypoint
0 ft
Inicio WHW
land
Waypoint
0 ft
Milngavie estación tren
Desconocido
Waypoint
0 ft
Pub Dumgyane
(A81)
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Buen inicio para una WHW que se complica los dos siguientes días
La belleza del paisaje en los días siguientes, compensa sobradamente el esfuerzo, que no es más que esfuerzo, sin grandes problemas técnicos.