ROUTE MAP INCLUDING SCOTLAND

The photo on the left shows a finger post with the Acorn sign indicating you are on a English / Welsh National Trail. This one also carries the St. Cuthbert's Path motif . The photo on the right shows a Thistle depicting you are on an official Scottish Long Distant Path.

                   

The Scottish chapter of the walk started on the 10th May, 2013, where I finished the English and Welsh National Trails in Kirk Yetholm at the end of the Pennine Way. I had already backpacked ,with my 40-45 lb pack all the 15 official trails  , 3712 miles ,connected as one walk. The Scottish section ended up being 689 miles , making a final total of 4401 miles between 2nd Aug.,  2012 to 8th June , 2013.

The Scottish Long Distant Paths , represented by the thistle emblem , similar to the acorn emblem of the English/Welsh Nat Trails, covers all 4 remaining trails,in order walked--

SOUTHERN UPLAND WAY-  Cockburnspath to Portpatrick  212 miles
13th May  to 22nd May .

WEST HIGHLAND WAY-        Fort William toMilngavie           95 miles
27th May to 31st May-Including Ben Nevis

GREAT GLEN WAY                Fort William to Inverness          73 miles
31st May to 3rd June

SPEYSIDE WAY                     Buckie to Aviemore                    65 miles
5th May to 7th June

Train home from Aviemore 8th  June

Added up the mileage of these 4 trails is 415 miles .The total distance actually walked ,which included parts of the St. Cuthberts Way , Northumberland Coast Path, Berwickshire Cost Path , Loch Ryan  Coast Path, Ayr Coast Path , Kelvin Walkway and the Moray Coast Path as well as minor lanes and paths was 687 miles, an additional 272 miles to the Scottish LDPs. I averaged 23.7 miles per day over the 29 days it took to complete , with the longest distance walked in a day being 30.5 miles and shortest 10 miles.