The Great Glen Way 2025 - Itinerary
The map of the route.......
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Itinerary
We were originally going to walk The Great Glen Way with Fudge, our Working Cocker Spaniel however sadly he passed away during the planning stage. This did not change our plans much and the only part of the arrangements we changed was the choice of our B&B in Fort William. After researching the B&B option for each of the nightly stops it simply proved too expensive therefore we needed a different approach. Following more research we decided to drive up to Fort William on the Thursday and have 2 nights there and for the rest of the walk we would base ourselves in a holiday cottage in Drumnadrochit. We would then use a mixture of our car and the excellent Citylink Bus Service to get us up and down the route. This proved a fiscally astute move and would leave us to spend more money on cake & beer.
Basing ourselves in just two places gave us flexibility with inclement weather. We had two spare days therefore if the conditions were poor we could always postpone that days walking and do it another day. In the end we only had to postpone one days walking because of the weather, such was our luck with the conditions during the walk.
Therefore our itinerary would be as follows:
We were originally going to walk The Great Glen Way with Fudge, our Working Cocker Spaniel however sadly he passed away during the planning stage. This did not change our plans much and the only part of the arrangements we changed was the choice of our B&B in Fort William. After researching the B&B option for each of the nightly stops it simply proved too expensive therefore we needed a different approach. Following more research we decided to drive up to Fort William on the Thursday and have 2 nights there and for the rest of the walk we would base ourselves in a holiday cottage in Drumnadrochit. We would then use a mixture of our car and the excellent Citylink Bus Service to get us up and down the route. This proved a fiscally astute move and would leave us to spend more money on cake & beer.
Basing ourselves in just two places gave us flexibility with inclement weather. We had two spare days therefore if the conditions were poor we could always postpone that days walking and do it another day. In the end we only had to postpone one days walking because of the weather, such was our luck with the conditions during the walk.
Therefore our itinerary would be as follows:
Our Charity
As with most of our long distance walks, we intended to try and raise as much money as we could for Spaniel Aid. This wonderful Charity is run completely by volunteers who own Spaniels themselves. They aim to advise owners of the dangers with advertising dogs on internet selling sites and to take into their care any dogs whose welfare concerns them. They have become increasingly concerned by the number of these wonderful dogs being offered for sale – or worse. Spaniel Aid place dogs into foster care and then assess them for rehoming to suitable “forever” homes thus giving many dogs a second chance. They need every penny they can get in order to provide this wonderful service.
As with most of our long distance walks, we intended to try and raise as much money as we could for Spaniel Aid. This wonderful Charity is run completely by volunteers who own Spaniels themselves. They aim to advise owners of the dangers with advertising dogs on internet selling sites and to take into their care any dogs whose welfare concerns them. They have become increasingly concerned by the number of these wonderful dogs being offered for sale – or worse. Spaniel Aid place dogs into foster care and then assess them for rehoming to suitable “forever” homes thus giving many dogs a second chance. They need every penny they can get in order to provide this wonderful service.
With the itinerary & planning all done we were ready to take on The Great Glen Way - read on to see how we got on.