I thought I’d just post up some photo’s / blurb after doing the GGW on Friday. Bedmaker was supposed to join in but called off at the last minute with some excuse about a wedding or something…. 😀

Weather: Pishing on and off from Fort B to Fort A but clear after that. Very blustery & windy but well sheltered amongst the tress.
Total time: 8hrs 44mins
Total moving time: 7hr 29mins
Food: 1 x Ham and cheese sandwich, 1/2 bag of wine gums / nuts, 4 x small packs of oat cakes, 2ltr home brew drink & 1 pint milk. I can’t believe I ate so little but it worked for me!

Where the 1hr 15min stoppage time went I just don’t know. I stopped twice for a sanni and a few times to empty the bladder but other than that it was head down, arse up.

A damp Loch Lochy…
[url=https://flic.kr/p/psDCpa]Great Glen Way Sep14[/url] by Rosscopeco, on Flickr

Spean Bridge – South Laggan easy miles
[url=https://flic.kr/p/psDBAB]Great Glen Way Sep14[/url] by Rosscopeco, on Flickr

Climbing out of Fort Augustus
[url=https://flic.kr/p/pbrBEm]Great Glen Way Sep14[/url] by Rosscopeco, on Flickr

Views above Fort Augustus
[url=https://flic.kr/p/psUhMA]Great Glen Way Sep14[/url] by Rosscopeco, on Flickr

Start of the new high route outside Invermorrison
[url=https://flic.kr/p/pbs5qe]Great Glen Way Sep14[/url] by Rosscopeco, on Flickr

…with loads of climbing / pushing…blahhhh. Had to have a wee chat with myself at this point… 😳
[url=https://flic.kr/p/psUAG3]Great Glen Way Sep14[/url] by Rosscopeco, on Flickr

…but worth the views…almost!
[url=https://flic.kr/p/pqTXyb]Great Glen Way Sep14[/url] by Rosscopeco, on Flickr

The ‘big’ relentless climb out of Drumnadrochit…keep mashing those pedals…
[url=https://flic.kr/p/psW1ky]Great Glen Way Sep14[/url] by Rosscopeco, on Flickr

Abriachan summit
[url=https://flic.kr/p/pqU3Lq]Great Glen Way Sep14[/url] by Rosscopeco, on Flickr

…and finally some really nice tight & swoopy singletrack ‘mostly’ all the way down…
[url=https://flic.kr/p/pbrp8u]Great Glen Way Sep14[/url] by Rosscopeco, on Flickr

Great pics. I live in Drumnadrochit, the climb up to Abriachan is much more fun the other way round. A great wee descent!

Murf…now that would be a hoot. I may be up soon again to help a cousin build his new house in Adriachan so I may be tempted to give that a whirl. In saying that, I had serious vision blur with the rigid forks on the way down to Inverness so me thinks some bouncy forks would be required for the Drum plummet!

Overall, it’s a really nice route and considerably easier than the WHW in my opinion!

When I see threads like this, I really wish I lived in Scotland 🙂

Me too……

Distance and elevation?

Me too…Oh wait; I do! 😈

In total I cycled 81.7 miles and climbed 7,148ft but that includes cycling beyond Inverness and out to my pals in Munlochy so take 9ish miles off that total and a few hundred feet of climbing.

Nice one!

Was on my to-do list this year, but not had the chance yet. Intended doing it north to south though.

Did some it N to S to FA some years ago Jon. Some nice off piste routes in there too…

There is loads of good natural trails round Drum, give us a yell if your back this way and I’ll try and get you a guided tour. Abriachan drains well so I tend to go there in the winter, get the Mrs to drop me off, do a couple of laps then pedal home down the GGW.