Alison Chino

It’s been exactly 10 years since I first visited the Scottish Isle of Skye. We took the kids camping there for an autumn school holiday (also known as Tattie Holidays). It was the last year we still had four kids under our roof and I was determined to make the most of every family holiday …

Kinlochleven to Fort William  15 miles  1388 feet of elevation  We woke up early and SO well rested at the West Highland Lodge. And it was cold outside! Our first truly cold day! Honestly, today we had the Scottish weather I had prepared us for! We made coffee and tea in the kitchen and took …

Glencoe Mountain Resort to Kinlochleven  10 miles 1624 ft Did I say yesterday that we’d perhaps begun to get a little overconfident about finishing our last couple of days on the West Highland Way?  Maybe it was that I thought we’d mostly faced the variety of challenges that might arise on our hike that I …