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walking

Great Weather for Lucy & the Crew on the West Highland Way

28 April 2010

Our first Guided West Highland Way Holiday of the season enjoyed wonderful weather, although it was somewhat disrupted by the flight choas caused by the Icelandic Volcano.
Lucy,one of our expert local guides, has written a comprehensive blog post about the trip, which includes a selection of great photos. So if you are thinking about joining [...]

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Snowy Start to the West Highland Way Season

7 April 2010

Buachaille Etive Mor from the West Highland Way

Well done to the hardy walkers who persevered on the West Highland Way last week, and bad luck to those whose plans were thwarted by snow and blizzards.
The unbelievable Scottish Winter continued last week with several of our clients walking the West Highland Way getting caught out by unseasonable snow falls. With the help of [...]

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How Many Days to Walk the West Highland Way?

26 March 2010

At 95 Miles the West Highland Way is a challenge no matter how much time you choose to spend on it, however the main thing is to tailor the challenge to suit you best.
Everyone has a different idea about how many days they want to take to complete this majestic walk, ranging from the ultra [...]

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Light on Their Feet: Illuminating Hadrian’s Wall

12 March 2010

A spectacular line of beacons will light up Hadrian’s Wall this weekend thanks to 1,000 volunteers willing to brave what could be a chilly night in the North of England.
This is one of the most exciting things we have seen since Macs Adventure started walking holidays along Hadrian’s Wall Path and I really wish I [...]

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My favourite B&B’s on Hadrian’s Wall Path

25 February 2010

Hadrians Wall Path is one of the most popular long distance walking routes in the UK and a firm favourite of Macs Adventure clients. Having booked lots of walkers along the route over the last two years, I thought it would be useful to let you know about some of my favourite places for accommodation on Hadrian’s Wall.

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8 Reasons to Walk North on the West Highland Way

4 January 2010

The West Highland Way was originally envisaged as a walk from Milngavie to Fort William, going North through the Western Highlands of Scotland. I have walked (and loved) the West Highland Way six times and we specialise in organising walking holidays on the West Highland Way.
We often get asked whether it is possible to walk [...]

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The Skye Trail

27 December 2009

The Skye Trail, a new documentary by Cameron McNeish, will be broadcast on BBC 2 tonight (27th December 2010).
Cameron believes:
“That this long walk has the potential to be the finest in the whole country”
I certainly can’t argue with Cameron McNeish, Britain’s best known walker, and was personally inspired by the landscapes of the Trotternish Peninsula [...]

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Top 5 UK Walking Holidays in 2010

17 November 2009

I think there is no better way to experience the UK’s landscape, history, culture and people than on a walking holiday. But what makes for a truly great walking holiday? What are the magic ingredients that make a trail stand head and shoulders above the rest.
I have walked thousand’s of miles on the UK’s long [...]

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More Outstanding Feedback & Reviews for Macs Adventure

3 November 2009

As the 2009 walking holiday season in Scotland draws to a close we at Macs HQ are thrilled with our 2009 feedback and reviews once again. It makes it all worth it when our customers have outstanding holidays and adventures in Scotland. You can download our full customer survey results or just cast your eye [...]

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Macs Adventure Guides Excel on Ben Nevis

28 October 2009

Anyone out and about last Saturday may have noticed that the weather was absolutely atrocious. So well done to Ian, who led a tenacious group to the summit of Ben Nevis.
Hi Neil,
Have completed the survey… just wanted to say Ian was absolutely fantastic. I think any other guide might have turned back given the horrendous [...]

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Kath does the Camino!

27 October 2009

After sleepless nights about what to pack in our 10k hand luggage allowance, my sister Holly and I set off on our journey to Northern Spain to walk the last section of the Camino. Not really knowing what to expect we were like excited children joking about how awful we were going to look in [...]

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