[at-l] RE: Scotland???

[dlong8@xxxxxxxxxx (Dennis Long)]

Here's a link that may be helpful. One of my co-workers has a brother and
sister-in-law who hiked this trail in Scotland.

http://www.west-highland-way.co.uk/

~Bandana Man

----- Original Message -----
From: "bleederguy" <bleederguy@adelphia.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 3:47 PM
Subject: [at-l] RE: Scotland???


> They call it walking or trekking and more do it than in this country.
> Circuits are the big way to hike there.  The biggest difference is going
> town to town because shelters are rare. There are many links that go the
> full length of the British Isles. Most Walking Societies are small and do
> have websites. Scotland's mountains are beautiful and as dangerous as the
> Whites.  Remember the total square miles of the British Isles is about
> 122,000. It's a great place to hike. Different than here but that's the
> reason I went.
>
> Beau Bushor
> "bleeder guy"
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:at-l-admin@mailman.backcountry.net] On Behalf Of William Neal
> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 2:12 PM
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> Subject: [at-l] Scotland???
>
> I once did some research for a person going to spend the summer in
Scotland.
> They had time before and after "school" to do some backpacking.  They had
> done a fair amount in the US and wanted to do some in Scotland.  I
remember
> reading that Backpacking was not the same in Scotland as in the US.  Even
> the "wide open" spaces are not truly wilderness.  Remember when we (the
US)
> was in "diapers", Scotland had been "civilized" for hundreds of years.  So
> most backpacking was "slack-packing": You find your trail and walk from
one
> inn, B'n'B, etc. to the next.  Tent camping like in the US is not that
> common.
>
> I got curious and went web surfing to see if things had changed much.  I
> kept coming up on solo-camping links, but at the end, they more or less
> appeared to be as I described.  I have yet to find any sites like the AT
> related sites that tell you how to hike on your own.
>
> Apparently Scotland (and the rest of the UK) has been civilized too long
for
> American style of backwoods hiking to be common or popular -- if there is
> any at all.
>
> William The Turtle
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