Category Archives: Walk

West Highland Way in 3 days!

Posted on March 21, 2013 by lornpearson

 In May 2013, we’re walking the 96miles that is the West Highland Way (again)!  We did it in 5 days in April 2012 (and it was a dawdle for us – apart from my very sore feet!!), so this year we’ve decided to … Continue reading →

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Wk6 – Spin, Walk and Feeling Old…:-S

Posted on February 8, 2012 by lornpearson

Tuesday night and I went to Spin, but it just isn’t the same with Helen not taking it.  Not that the instructor isn’t good – she’s just different and I like how Helen was so funny and motivational.  Helen will … Continue reading →

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Wk48 – WHW Inverarnan to Bridge of Orchy walk

Posted on December 5, 2011 by lornpearson

Friday night and we drive both cars to the Bridge of Orchy (66 miles in the rain and dark), parked one there, then drive back to the Drovers Inn at Inverarnan. We checked in then went through to the bar … Continue reading →

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Wk46 – WHW 15M Rowardennan to Inverarnan walk

Posted on November 20, 2011 by lornpearson

Saturday was our next long walk of my Winter Ultra Run Training. We covered a few more miles than I had the weekend before when I ran from Rowardennan to the Dario Melaragni memorial (and back). We had dropped a car … Continue reading →

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Wk44 – 16.2M walk from Drymen to Rowardennan

Posted on November 6, 2011 by lornpearson

The online West Highland Way guide said walking from Drymen to Balmaha (8 miles) would take 4-5 hours, and walking from Balmaha to Rowardennan (7 miles) would take 3-4 hours… well we were a bit quicker than that! 😉 We … Continue reading →

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Wk42 – 4.25M walk around the Clyde

Posted on October 27, 2011 by lornpearson

Wednesday night after work I went for a walk along the Clyde with FG before it got dark. We won’t be able to do it as of next week so we took the opportunity whilst we could.   There was a heavy downpour at … Continue reading →

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Hike section on blog updated… :-D

Posted on October 24, 2011 by lornpearson

I’ve updated the Hike section of my blog:  Hike Hill Walks / Hiking West Highland Way April 2012  Enjoy 😀

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Wk15 – 3.3M walk in Pollock Park

Posted on April 20, 2011 by lornpearson

I had planned on doing a 10k run on Wednesday night. As I was walking home from work it was roasting and I was thinking about what my route would be.  Part of the Women’s 10k route, into Pollock Park … Continue reading →

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Wk12 – Start of the West Highland Way

Posted on April 4, 2011 by lornpearson

My friend Jackie and her family are walking the West Highland Way in the week running up to my marathon.  It means that she should get into Fort William the Saturday before the Lochaber Marathon.  They started out yesterday and … Continue reading →

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First nice walk of 2011

Posted on January 2, 2011 by lornpearson

On New Years Day we had a nice day…we lay in 🙂 then got up and I prep’ed the veg for the dinner.  Then just before 4pm, we went out for a walk in Pollock Park. It was about 2’C, … Continue reading →

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