TITLE: Walking the Great Glen Way
DATE: 2017-09-22
AUTHOR: John L. Godlee
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This Summer I walked the Great Glen Way, an 80 mile trail which 
runs from Inverness to Fort William, along the side of Loch Ness, 
Loch Lochy and Loch Oich.

The trail took me 3.5 days of walking and is one of the easiest 
trail hikes I've done, it was also one of the most beautiful.

  ![Map of Great Glen 
Way](https://johngodlee.xyz/img_full/gg_way/map.png)

  ![Elevation 
profile](https://johngodlee.xyz/img_full/gg_way/profile.jpg)

Kit

  ![Gear spread](https://johngodlee.xyz/img_full/gg_way/packing.jpg)

-   40 L rucksack - Blue Osprey
-   Waterproof rucksack cover (green)
-   Bivvy bag
-   Sleeping bag
-   Sleeping bag liner
-   Foam pad
-   Clothes
    -   Waterproof jacket
    -   Waterproof trousers
    -   Buff
    -   Softshell jacket
    -   Down jacket
    -   Track pants
-   Vibram five fingers
-   Emergency whistle
-   Emergency poncho and space blanket
-   Pen knife
-   Headtorch
-   Small first aid kit
-   Map
-   Money
-   Phone
-   Phone charger
-   Toothpaste
-   Toothbrush
-   Hiking poles
-   Pencil
-   Small orange notebook
-   Lavatory paper
-   Matches

Campsite

  ![Stealth 
camping](https://johngodlee.xyz/img_full/gg_way/camp.jpg)

For my campsite I had a small triangular tarp that I had from some 
offcuts from another bigger project. The tarp is held down by tent 
pegs on three corners and raised in the middle by my walking pole, 
there is a small guyrope made from paracord that keeps the walking 
pole upright. I can fit about half my body underneath the tarp with 
my bag and boots to keep the rain and morning dew off. Then the 
bivvy bag covers the lower half of my body.

For such a light piece of material the tarp makes bivvy camping 
immeasurably more comfortable, mainly because I can sleep with my 
head outside the bivvy bag, even when it is raining, reducing the 
amount of condensation drastically.

Other Photos

  ![View over wooded 
valley](https://johngodlee.xyz/img_full_full/gg_way/view.jpg)

  ![Loch Ness 
beach](https://johngodlee.xyz/img_full/gg_way/beach.jpg)

  ![Canal](https://johngodlee.xyz/img_full/gg_way/canal.jpg)

  ![View over Loch 
Ness](https://johngodlee.xyz/img_full/gg_way/loch.jpg)