Loch Ness 360

A 79 mile (approx) walk around Loch Ness
starting from, and finishing at Inverness Castle.
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After an un-satisfying 7 day trek of the Rob Roy Way, a wet and wearisome experience, another short hike was required to lift the spirits.

Initially I was considering the Trail of 7 Lochs, a 50 mile long distance route which runs in a circuit between South Loch Ness and the East Highlands.

I soon stumbled upon a webpage documenting the Loch Ness 360 trail, a 79 mile (approx) walk around Loch Ness starting from, and finishing at Inverness Castle.

As I had previously done the Great Glen Way and parts of the South Loch Ness Trail, I already knew most of the route and the hike would be easy to follow.

The Rob Roy Way in 6 days

The Rob Roy Way is a Scottish long distance footpath that runs from Drymen to Pitlochry. The path was created in 2002 and runs for 92 miles. The route crosses the Highland Boundary Fault, a geological fault where the Highlands meet the Lowlands

 

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After walking the Great Glen Way, The West Highland Way, The East Highland Way, The Speyside Way, The Formartine & Buchan Way, The Deeside Way and The Three Lochs Way, the next long distance route would be the Rob Roy Way.

The original plan was to walk the full 94 miles, from Drymen to Pitlochry via Amulree, but things didn't go quite to plan (do they ever?) and we ended up walking the 77 mile route, adding on an extra 12 miles by starting from Milngavie on the West Highland Way.

Personally I would of quite happily walked the extra miles to Amulree but my hiking buddy was on holiday in Scotland and felt there would be no time left to relax after a days walk. So be it.