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The on going antics of some Lenzie gentlemen wishing to raise money (and probably their kilts) for Charity.
The West Highland Way is the first and longest of the long-distance trails in Scotland. It opened in 1980 and stretches for 152 kilometres (95 miles) from the Glasgow suburb of Milngavie (pronounced "Mull-guy") to the town of Fort William at the foot of Ben Nevis.
It trails through lowland forest and farmland, across the Highland Boundary Fault, and on into the Scottish Highlands. Skirting the bonnie banks of Loch Lomond (Scotland's largest loch), it moves along the flanks of the southernmost Munro, Ben Lomond. Continuing through grand glens to pretty Loch Tulla, it snakes through isolated and wild Rannoch Moor to Kingshouse. It climaxes at the foot of Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in Britain. Along the way are feral goats left behind following the Highland Clearances, magnificent red deer, and soaring golden eagles above the mountaintops.
Much of the Way follows ancient and historic routes of communication, and makes use of:
Along most of its route, there is a nearby railway line or road, with the exceptions being sections along Loch Lomond, crossing Rannoch Moor, going over the Devil's Staircase, and the final day from Kinlochleven. The Devil's Staircase provides the steepest climb of the route - along a zigzagging path climbing up to 550 metres (1850 feet) but only rising 250 metres over 1.25 kilometres. The descent is gentler but long.
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