To prepare for walking the West Highland Way, I went to the gym four or five times a week, beginning last fall. Sometimes I got on the machines and lifted free weights, following a program given to me by one of the trainers, Sara. Sometimes I attended 75-minute circuit classes. They can be brutal, especially …
The West Highland Way is my first long distance path. In Spain we walked every second day for about 15 km; in Scotland I’m walking 5 days of varying length followed by a recovery day then another 4 days. The distances don’t seem bad — no more than 22 km on the longest day — …
We decided to try something different on this trip. We wanted to get away from other tourists as much as possible. And we wanted to see what life is like for people who live outside cities – which are all beginning to look and feel alike. To be honest, our reasons for choosing Spain were …