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West Highliand Way
what is the best time to 'walk' Summer or Winter?
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"acharki17" wrote in message oups.com... what is the best time to 'walk' Summer or Winter? No, Autumn |
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acharki17 wrote: what is the best time to 'walk' Summer or Winter? Depends upon what your goals are. It'll be cold in the winter. It might also be a bit cheaper. Less crowded too. There are bits I might not wanna walk if it was icy. |
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what is the best time to 'walk' Summer or Winter?
For me, late autumn or early winter after the midges have gone. Spring is midge-free but the weather is less predictable (and if you are going off-route up a hill there may sometimes be avalanche hazards from March onwards). : what bus can you get from edinburgh to the west highland way. Go to Glasgow and then Balloch (if that's where you're starting). I'd prefer to use the train. ============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ============== Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760 http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 |
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Following up to acharki17
what is the best time to 'walk' Summer or Winter? Spring. Are you doing this as college work or do you really want to know? If college can you give me supervisors email or ask them to join in. If not college work if you need to ask if winter is OK then you are not equipped to do it in winter. -- Mike Reid Wasdale-Thames path-London-Photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site Eat-walk-Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap |
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"The Reids" wrote in message ... Following up to It'll be cold in the winter. It might also be a bit cheaper. Less crowded too. There are bits I might not wanna walk if it was icy. last time I was on Rannoch Moor in the winter, (January), it was blizzarding and blowing about force 8. The snow was a foot deep on the (closed) road, not much fun for a college student without a clue :-) Yep! I don't know the WHW but I do know the Moor of Rannoch in the winter (from about 40 years ago, admittedly!). If that's on the route, no way should beginners be up there in wild weather. Surreyman |
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a.spencer3 wrote: "The Reids" wrote in message ... [snip] last time I was on Rannoch Moor in the winter, (January), it was blizzarding and blowing about force 8. The snow was a foot deep on the (closed) road, not much fun for a college student without a clue :-) Yep! I don't know the WHW but I do know the Moor of Rannoch in the winter (from about 40 years ago, admittedly!). If that's on the route, no way should beginners be up there in wild weather. [snip] It was a beautiful day when we were in the Moor in the middle of summer. I stood on a rock looking about when I realized that I could see a rather long way. And I saw no sign of current human existence. The road was there, and some abandoned buildings, but we were a long way from anywhere. We walked a couple more hours before we reached any particular evidence of human occupation. It's a beautiful place, but you should know what you're doing before you go in there in the summer. In the winter it could qualify as a real bad idea depending upon the weather. |
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I don't know the WHW but I do know the Moor of Rannoch in the winter
(from about 40 years ago, admittedly!). If that's on the route, no way should beginners be up there in wild weather. The West Highland Way goes round the edge of the moor. It's certainly bleak enough to kill you from exposure in bad weather, but it's also popular enough that somebody will pass you carrying a thermos of hot tea every few minutes at any time of year. ============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ============== Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760 http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 |
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Autumn or late spring! Marco http://www.sitheanphoto.com "acharki17" wrote in message oups.com... what is the best time to 'walk' Summer or Winter? |
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