The West Highland Way: Official Guide - Softcover

'If the objective of a guide book is to impart essential information, then this new guide to the West Highland Way achieves that and famously... an evocation of all that is best about Scotland and its countryside.' Bruce Sandison, The Herald 'An invaluable guide to planning and walking the West Highland Way ... Nothing can compare to the beauty that this path crosses.' A reader, Amazon.co.uk '26 years on from the first edition, this is version eight, with an entirely rewritten text, and including a dedicated Harvey map.' John Muir Trust Journal. 'This guide ambles along entertainingly, noting interesting flora and unusual geographic features and pausing now and then to offer many beautiful images of lochs and hills' The Scotsman 'An excellent feature is a specially prepared Harvey's strip map of the entire 95 mile route, which comes together with the book in a plastic wallet. ... a very well produced package.' High 'Packed with maps, photos, history and anecdote, this is the essential companion for the 100-odd miles of this classic journey...' Scottish Field. '...a must for keen walkers...' Burnley Express & News

Opened in 1980, the West Highland Way was Scotland's first Long Distance Route and remains the most popular, with thousands of walkers tackling it each year. It runs from Milngavie on the outskirts of Glasgow to Fort William. The 152km route passes along the east of Loch Lomond, the largest expanse of fresh water in Britain, and across Rannoch Moor, Scotland's grandest wilderness, through some of the finest scenery of mountain and stream, woodland and moorland that Scotland has to show. This eighth edition of the "Official Guide" has been fully revised and updated to include the latest information about the route and is accompanied by a full-colour map especially prepared for this edition. The royalty payable by Mercat Press to Scottish Natural Heritage from the sale of each copy of this Guide will be used directly to repair and maintain the path which forms the West Highland Way route.