I’m looking for suggestions for 2 day hikes preferably circulars and moderate difficulty, my knees can’t take too much incline anymore.

Any suggestions?

I'm hoping to go to Skye for a week camping but I'd have to travel from Caimryan

Thanks

Hello! Will be coming to Edinburgh from the 4th to the 9th of April with some friends and we plan to drive to the Highlands, but we have no specific plan yet.

Our idea was starting off by driving to the Glencoe area, probably staying there for the night and then head to the Isle Of Skye. After that we have no plan, we heard the northern West coast is really pretty but we're not sure how far up we should go? We are very into hikes and nice scenery, we don't care too much about the main touristy attractions we want the real Scottish experience!

If you have any specific hike around the area you think it is worth it please tell us, as well as pub recommendations or simply a place to see the Highland cows.

Thank you very much!!

Hi All,

My fiancé and I are travelling north to Scotland on the week commencing 22nd April, I used to do a bit of hillwalking when I lived in Scotland but now it’s pretty few and far between in terms of opportunity. My fiancé has next-to-no experience in this.

We’re staying near Glen Shiel and would like to do the Five Sisters of Kintail on the 25th April. It looks like an incredible day of ridge walking. One of the features is that the start and finish are some distance apart which means that we’d need to leave our car at one end and get to it at the end.

Long shot, but is there anyone who’d be interested in joining up with us to do the walk so that we could pool vehicles?

Shout in the comments if so!

I moved away long ago, and last weekend I was hoping to sort out a 4/5/6 day tour of the Borders, Lothian and Galloway - and I found that all (bar one, I think) of the SYHA's between the central belt and the border had gone.

The Lake District - an area perhaps a third of the size - has nineteen YHA's....

I'm aware of the huge cull of YHA's in England and Wales since the 80's, so I'm not going to say how wonderful the YHA is, and how awful the SYHA is, but this is getting silly.

Was it a central financial problem that saw do many close, or an ideological shift, or what?

Cheers, disappointedly....

Saw this yesterday and wondered when camping was stopped.

Hello, I'm a tourist and I'm going to be visiting Scotland in august (I'll be in Glasgow). I would say I'm somewhere in between beginer and intermediate levels. I'm fit so I can exert myself however I don't have much experience particularly in terrain of that in Scotland. Also for any suggestions for hikes they must be day hikes with the ability to return to Glasgow. Any suggestions?

That time of the year again. I'm planning my trails for the summer. I'm 40 years old. Atheritis in my right foot, still think I'd manage munros with a struggle, I'm thinking other options for 2024! Any ideas people?

This question might be silly, as I know there’s so many trails and everyone has their preference. All my husband says is he wants to go “up.” Husbands are so articulate! I’m finding a ton online and I was wondering if anyone has suggestions? We’ll only be there for 6-7 hours so I’m not even sure if it’s possible.

Hi everyone! I’ll be In Edinburgh for a harp festival april 4-9th. I’m thinking of adding a few days to go to the isle of Skye. I’m wondering if that time of year is good for a couple hikes and exploring for a 2/3 days. Is it still beautifully green? Or would i be better to save that trip for a different time of year. Thanks so much!

My brother and I are going to Scotland for a couple of days and want to get a hike in. Does anybody have any recommendations for where we to go by train, and where we can either camp the nights or stay at a hostel? We’re hoping to do around 20 km max a day. So if that gives you any insight then I hope you can help us.

Hi all. I'm thinking of doing a hike soon in Scotland travelling up from Liverpool, in the Highlands or Cairngorms. I'm looking for a 3-4 day route featuring some high mountain summits (1000m+) and a mix of mostly wild camping with maybe a bothy in there for one night.

I've done the West Highland Way and loved it, but looking for something a little less busy and more remote, ideally with a few high up summits and maybe a few grade 1-2 scrambles mixed in. I planned on making my own route, however I was interested to know if any of you had any mapped out routes to recommend? One very vague idea would be a hike over some of the peaks in the Highlands between Glasgow and Fort William, with the finish being summitting Ben Nevis. I also like the idea of exploring the Cairngorms.

Train access (i.e starting from near a station and finishing near one) would be great, but not necessary. Being able to park and either do a circular route to get back to my car, or park up then get a bus from the end back to near my car would also be doable!

Cheers all in advance :)))

Hi guys, does anyone have any links where I can upskilled myself on using OS maps? People to follow on socials, websites to visit? It's the one part that I know the least about, I know what I'm looking at but how to work out where to go, find my position on route I would be lost. With it being a really important thing t know I want to have at least the basics? Also, where do you go for the maps? Saw a few people say about the OS app too? Sorry for all the questions!

Hi all,

I walked the West Highland Way last summer and had the most amazing time doing it, but am struggling to figure out what to walk this upcoming May. I'll likely be flying into Glasgow, and have settled on the Affric Kintail Way at the very least because it strikes me as the best route to see more highland scenery (without the relative tedium of the Great Glen Way, if the reports I've read are to be believed).

Trouble (or opportunity) is, I'd love to be hiking for 7-8 days, and Affric Kintail will only offer me 4. I see little opportunities to link this route, except starting in Inverness and walking the last section of the GGW north to south - but again, from what I've read this wouldn't necessarily do much for my trip.

One of the things I did love about the WHW was the variety of scenery, and I'm willing to add a bus ride between trails and ''link'' the Affric Kintail to another 3, 4 or 5 day route that way - Speyside, perhaps. But of course, I don't want to be criss-crossing Scotland for hours and hours as this will take too much money and time.

Anyone here know what they'd do to extend an Affric Kintail trip somewhat conveniently?

hi, we’re wondering if anyone has some good campsite recommendations for a small group of girls? we’re looking for ones which allow campfires, don’t mind a small group of students, is accessible by public transport and is ideally near a beach.

most of us have some camping experience but not everyone is completely comfortable wild camping so it’d be nice to be on/near a campsite. we’re currently staying on the east coast so any near there would be perfect but don’t mind travelling further afield.

thank you in advance!

Hi,

I am looking into doing the WHW sometime in the next two weeks. I was planning on parking in milngavie and then getting the bus from fort william back to milngavie once i complete the trail, however, the way back to milngavie seems long with a lot of changes. I was wondering if anyone had any experience with parking near Queen Street train station in glasgow, then getting the train to milngavie? I have seen that the transport from fort william back to glasgow seems quicker and less changes.

If anyone knows where I could park for 5-7 days in glasgow near queen street station, please let me know

Hey all! We are going to Scotland for 2 weeks in April-May. Most of our itinerary is set but need help with the final few days. Below is what we have booked!

April 27: Tampa - London (land 12pm on 28th) stay overnight in London.

April 29-May 2: Edinburgh

May 2-5: Glencoe area (rent car our last day in Edinburgh)

May 5-8: Portree (isle of Skye exploration)

May 8-11: unknown!

May 11: Flight out of Edinburgh at 1pm local time.

Looking for ideas and places to go/stay those last few days. Inverness? Cairngorms? We are into everything. Hiking (nothing crazy), outdoor activities, ect. I wanted to go towards the St. Andrews area but I just think it might be too much driving to squeeze in. This is our honeymoon btw, wedding is in 8 days :)

Thanks all!

Hi folk. I will be attempting my first proper hill walk/munro in the next week or so. I am looking for some best practice and a list of basic equipment I would need. I have good hiking waterproof boots, walking trousers and a waterproof over trouser. I will have layers and a waterproof and windproof jacket. I have read approximately how much water I should take and to have extra with adequate food. Have I missed anything very obvious?

I'm looking at solo hiking the WHW in 2025, so I've got time to plan and book everything. This will be my first big solo hike although I have done the Cotswold Way with friends. I'll be doing inn-to-inn hiking with a luggage transfer as opposed to camping. I'm leaning toward not doing summer to skip the midges but going with May or September. Recommendations for either of those months?

Good evening, I hope I'm doing this right.

Me, my dad and brother are planning a couple of days of in Scotland. We are all beginners when it comes to hiking but we are all decently fit. so a 15-20km hike is doable. unless where in the snow and climbing 1000m. I've been looking on Highlandwalks, Alltrails and Komoot for possible routes to do. but there is simply to much for me to understand. So I was wondering if I gave the 3 locations that we will most likely stay near if anyone could maybe recommend some hikes.

the first place we will be staying most likely is somewhere near Kingussie or Aviemore. I'm aware of Ben Macdui and would like to (partly) climb it or some routes around there. does anyone have a recommendation?

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the Second place will probably be Fort William/Glen Nevis,

we are planning to do this route by car and I was wondering if someone had any recommendations to see or to hike around this area? We will probably spend some time at Eilean Donan Castle. but I was hoping that you could help me finds some viewing area's or small circular hikes.

the route we will probably do by car

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on the last stay we will sleep in and around Fort William/Glen Nevis. and we had the Idea of trying our best at Ben Nevis, maybe just the halfway point. I'm aware it's a though hike. but maybe someone with more knowledge can recommend me something else with some nice views.

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Please help me out if you can, I hope I did this the right way if not please let me know.

I hope you can help me.

thanks in advance

Hi everyone,

I am looking for recommendations for a three to four days hike near Edinburgh. I have googled like a crazy person for a while but never seem to find what I am looking for.

Our plan is to begin approximately three or four days walk from Edinburgh and end up in Edinburgh or at least close by. We are not very experienced so perhaps between 10 to 20 kilometres per day. We also plan on sleeping in hotels/motels/bed and breaksfasts/etc so we won't carry much.

Do any of you have recommendations for a nice route?

Perhaps something like Cove-Dunbar-North Berwick-Edinburgh? Or is that a terrible idea?

We are coming from abroad and so we do not have access to a car and will rely on public transportation when not walking.

Hope this post is not violating any rules. I am sincerely confused and have done extensive search on WalkHighlands and Google Maps but can't seem to decide on what is the best route.

Best

Planning to spend two nights in Cairngorms as a part of a longer trip in the highlands. We are hoping to rent bikes for some day trips in the area (or just hikes), which would be a better base for us? Aviemore-Glenmore area, or Ballater? (It’s our first time in Scotland) Should we perhaps spend a night in each area? Thanks!

Does anyone know if the section of the route between Balloch & Helensburgh has been cleared of trees yet?

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Edit: Bloody autocorrect! The Affric trail… Africa to Morvich is a bit of a stretch!

So thinking of doing this towards the end of march.

I’m definitely a tortoise, not a hare… so thinking to allow 4 days for this. Does that seem excessive if I’m taking it easy?

Opinions please locals! Just trying to work out timings as I’ll be flying to Inverness and obviously need to be fairly sensible wrt flight bookings etc.

While I’m aware of WalkHighlands, which is certainly a fantastic resource, I wanted to see if there were any decent books printed on hikes in Scotland. I’m going to be traveling throughout the country in late September/early October, and was interested in doing some hikes. Challenging and easy are both welcome, including the 15-17 mile hike into The Old Forge. Thanks in advance for the input!

Hi everyone

We were thinking of visiting Skye right at the end of March as the scenery and views look stunning, we've heard mixed views about the weather so we're getting confused wether it's the best time to visit or potentially too cold to enjoy it.

Any opinions or advice would be appreciated 😀

I’m an international student in Dundee and don’t have a car. What are some of your favorite jumping off points for weekend backpacking trips that start near-ish a bus or train stop? I have extensive experience backpacking, and have spent a good deal of time hiking in Scotland, but have been relying on rides from others.

Hey all! Any cool activities I can do in inverness or the surrounding? I have like 2 full days with no idea on how to fill them. Driving is abit far is an option.

Hi all, I'm a complete beginner when it comes to kayaking and am planning to drive up to Scotland soon for a few weeks. While I'm there I plan to do some kayaking to some islands in the middle of Loch lomond and camp for a night or two, I can hire a kayak but it's rather expensive and for the price I may as well buy my own for future use and not have to worry if the rental gets damaged or stolen. My question is firstly, are these inflatable kayaks safe and be ok for lakes and secondly if so what are some affordable decent ones? One I'm looking at so far is the Aquatec Hudson single or possibly an itiwit model?

Thanks