Long distance walking and camping
Hiking and wild Camping in Scotland
Walking the West Highland Way
Great Glen way holidays
Southern Upland Way trips

Our Walk of The Great Glen Way, with Meall na Teanga and Sron a' Choire Ghairbh

  1. Fort William to Gairlochy
  2. Gairlochy to Kilfinnan and then Cam Bhealach
  3. Meall na Teanga and Sron a' Choire Ghairbh (Munros beside Great Glen Way)
  4. Kilfinnan to Loch Oich
  5. Loch Oich to 4 miles past Fort Augustus
  6. 4 miles past Fort Augustus to Grotaig
  7. Grotaig to Abriachan
  8. Abriachan to Inverness

Wednesday 4th January Continued
Kilfinnan to Loch Oich

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We spent so much time on the munros that with our limited daylight hours we struggle to get to Laggan before sundown. The caledonian canal links loch lochy to loch oich. We pitch our tent in the dark at the first suitable point, crammed between the path and the loch.

We re-join the great glen way half a kilometre before Kilfinnan head on towards the laggan swing bridge at the head of Loch Oich which is our destination for the day.  Kilfinnnan is a tiny hamlet, with a graveyard, and sits in front of an expanse of flat land which spreads out into Loch lochy. From Kilfinnan the great glen way continues the short distance to the end of Loch Lochy on road before re-joining the Caledonian Canal at Laggan Lochs. We charge along this section of canal towards Loch Oich, aware that daylight is short. We pass Laggan and think briefly about staying in the youth hostel, but we push on to find a campsite. At the Laggan Swing bridge we rejoin a road briefly as it makes its way into the Great Glens water park. We stop at the shop for a bar of chocolate to help spur us on into finding a campsite in the now what can only be called night. We join the Forset path which takes us along the shores of loch oich through tall pines. It's a beautiful clear, starry night again, and quite pleasent to be walking in the mild night air. We camp at the first possible location, on a bit of land jutting out into water. It's totally flat! We camp crammed between the path and the shores of Loch Oich.  After some hot camping food, Jo procededs to use some spare hot water to have a sponge bath outside the tent!