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The Great Glen Way 3rd Edition | 
 enlarge | Authors: Jacquetta Megarry, Sandra Bardwell
Publisher: Interlink Publishing Group
Category: Book
List Price: $15.95
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 388526
Media: Spiral-bound
Pages: 64
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Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.7 x 0.5
ISBN: 1898481245
Dewey Decimal Number: 914
EAN: 9781898481249
ASIN: 1898481245
Publication Date: January 30, 2006
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Product Description
The third edition of this popular guidebook takes the walker 73 miles (117 km) along Scotland's historic Great Glen. It runs between Fort William and Inverness, along the Caledonian Canal and past several lochs, including Loch Ness with its famous monster legend, and Urquhart Castle. The book contains all you need to plan and enjoy a holiday in full color, with over 60 photographs, drop-down map and background on local geology, history and wildlife, on waterproof paper throughout.
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 The Great Glen Way 3rd Edition December 26, 2007
Pockets (Virginia)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Not what I was expecting. Very general. All info in book was a copy of what is available on the Great Glen Web site. The map would have been much more useful with detailed info of facilities available in each town. Also distance between all towns marked on map. Disappointed in content.
 Mature and authentic trail guide April 4, 2007
J. Megarry (Scotland)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Declaration of interest first: I have been involved with this book since our first edition in 2001, and although I respect reviewers' rights to their own opinions, of one thing I am sure: this third edition, written with the help of a coauthor who actually lives on the Way and walks it regularly, is better than the first.
Now the facts: this book, like every other Rucksack Reader, has a yellow panel at the start of each section of the Way that shows the distance, terrain and walking grade, with food and drink stops listed. For three days of the walk, food is exactly where it says, and for the other two days it says "Food and drink: none between X and Y" so you take a packed lunch. Anyone who says "there is really no food en route" either hasn't walked the Great Glen Way or had their eyes closed.
Images next: most of the photographs were taken of or from the trail, as the captions confirm, with a few aerial/satellite images and some professional wildlife images. These include the species of trees that you walk through, and the birds and mammals that you're likely to see.
 Go for the walk, skip the book July 10, 2006
Pamela Feltus (Washington, DC United States)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I just finished walking the Great Glen Way in June 06 and it was an amazing trip. I thoroughly recommend it- especially if you have no rain like us!
Having used Rucksack Readers on other long-distance hikes and finding them to be very informative and useful, I did not hesitate to buy this as soon as the latest GGW edition was released in March. And I will admit, I did not really read it before we started, I just put it in my luggage and took off. I trusted it would be as good as the other ones.
And what a waste of luggage space this was! I question if the author ever even saw, much less walked the route. She constantly refers to things off route- or our favourite "below you, but unseen." The majority of the photos (yes, we were angry enough that we sat down and counted) were taken off the trail at detours or other side hikes. We called it the "useless book" because what information we wanted was never there and what was there was useless to us as we were not taking extra days off the walk to see things. And the one time there was something that could have been interesting to see, the way she writes i, it is not mentioned until you've gona a mile past- and who really wants to go back? The last day when the information actually seems to be finally useful, it ended up to be incorrect!
Rucksack Readers are normally really good walking guides so I am amazed they let such a useless piece of junk be released under their name. I will admit, the GGW is not as scenic and point of interest filled as the West Highland Way, but there was definitely information worth emparting. It would have been useful to be told about the hills and other terrain changes. Maybe about the trees we were walking through. Any history in the area? Or at least give us an idea of walk x miles to x.
Trail gossip pretty much corresponded with my disappointing view-everyone had it and everyone hated it. I heard that the Footprints Guide is pretty good. Several people had foldout maps they had gotten at Nevisport in Fort William. That little one page map, which cost about 3-pounds, was more useful than the whole darn book we had. It's even better to walk to the trail without this book- it's well waymarked and the book won't give you any extra knowledge. Just takes up room that could be used for food- which the book fails to make the point that there is really no food en route. Rucksack Reader desperately needs to pay some attention to this wonderful trail and bring its guide up to par with its other publications.
But go and walk the trail! It's 5-star experience- the book just isn't.
 Historic castles, spectacular views & the Loch Ness monster April 21, 2002
Sandra Bardwell (Drumnadrochit, Scotland)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
Scotland's newest long distance path, the 73 miles/117km long Great Glen Way, links Fort William on the west coast and Inverness on the east coast, and leads walkers through some of Scotland's finest scenery. Highlights include views of Britain's highest mountain, Ben Nevis and two days' walking above Loch Ness, internationally famous as the home of the Monster. The walking certainly isn't for tough mountain climbers - you'll follow canal tow paths, forest tracks and paths for most of the distance.
An ideal companion is Jacquetta Megarry's 64 page, full colour, beautifully illustrated guide, published by Rucksack Readers. It's not a traditional, step-by-step guide but a guide to experiencing the way. The innovative spiral-bound format makes for easy use; it has clear, detailed maps of the whole route and the carefully designed notes are divided into five stages - the number of days most people are likely to take to do the Way.
The many features you'll see along the way and those that you can visit from the villages en route are briefly described.
The guide includes all the info you'll need to organise your walk - transport, food and clothing.
This is one of Scotland's great walks and is well within the reach of anyone who's reasonably fit - and who has a copy of the Rucksack Readers guide in their pocket.
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