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Date Posted: 08:44:56 01/21/07 Sun
Author: Ashleigh
Subject: Scotland by backpack, august 2006

Last August my mom and I took a journey to Scotland. We had always been interested in going there but the Outlander books took it to the next level-now we really had to go there! We are avid hikers so we made it a hiking trip too. We were meant to be doing the west highland way which goes from Milngavie(right outside of Glasgow) on up to Fort William. We flew into Glasgow where the people were not friendly and the first food we had was terrible!! Stayed a hostel and took a bus to Milngavie but had no idea where to get off. We couldn't understand anyone either! Started the hike which was very beautiful but harder than what we were expecting. We where carrying 40-50 pound backpacks also. Well the short story is the fact that halfway through our second day we were way behind and in bad shape with our knees. We decided to continue on to Rowardennan where we saw that we could take a ferry across Loch Lommond and catch a bus up to Fort William. So we gave up the hike but saw lots of beautiful sights from the bus. We came to Fort William 4 days before we had any reservations there so we camped at a lovely campground in the Glen Nevis area. So incredibly beautiful!!! We were happy that we had extra days in Fort William area because it turned out to be our favortie place. We got to do a lot more things like climbing Ben Nevis and taking the Jacobite steam train to Mallaig (highly recommended!!) We went from Fort William to Inverness and stayed in a very nice and homey hostel. Went to Culloden which was amazing but then got stuck in a rain storm waiting for a bus that took almost three hours to get there! (we no longer have any trust in buses!) We went on to Edinburgh for a few days and of course loved it. We were there for so kind of festival where there was a fireworks show from the castle at night. Incredible! From there we went back to Glasgow which was definatly a let down after all the other beautiful places we had seen. If and when I go back I will not even waste my time in Glasgow, maybe I just saw it at a bad time but overall it was less than appealing and the people just didn't have that Scottish hospitality that you always hear about. Unlike the people in Fort William who were wonderful.

If anyone is interested in a more detailed account of any of my trip I would be happy to tell you more and send pictures and recommendations. It was defiantly the trip of a lifetime, I actually missed out on a job because of it but it was worth it! Can't wait to go back!

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