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Wouter van Noort
is 78% done
A concrete obelisk marks the start of the West Highland Way and our end. As we dance around the pillar, there's finally a glow of appreciation of what we've done.
— May 01, 2026 03:32PM
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Wouter van Noort
is 92% done
We sit in the pub with a huge jug of iced water, a pot of tea and a lot of food. 'Can't believe it's over, can't believe we've walked so far.'
— May 02, 2026 10:21AM
Wouter van Noort
is 86% done
We're looking down the valley of trees and rock that bends away towards Marsden, when a large grey bird appears. A peregrine falcon has lifted from a rock ledge just metres away, holding for a moment in the high wind, as if unable to go forwards, then dropping back to the ledge.
— May 02, 2026 02:53AM
Wouter van Noort
is 71% done
I glance back at the view one more time as we climb over the shoulder of Black Mount, a final glimpse of Glencoe before we follow the path across the edge of the moor, leaving the High Highlands behind.
— May 01, 2026 10:18AM
Wouter van Noort
is 64% done
A flat tarmac road curves on for miles through another immaculate Highland estate. Through woodlands thick with yellow azalea, through birch thickets carpeted with wild garlic, to what appears on the map to be an easy walk uphill via a narrow valley to the Falls of Glomach.
— May 01, 2026 02:46AM
Wouter van Noort
is 57% done
I have a sense that maybe the remote isolated beauty of this place might just be enough to draw Moth forward, maybe we might actually be able to find our way through this remote landscape and wherever that journey leads.
— Apr 30, 2026 02:49PM
Wouter van Noort
is 46% done
The tent looks very small on the stony shore of Loch na Gainimh, totally overshadowed by the sheer-sided immensity of the mountains rising on the opposite side of the loch.
— Apr 30, 2026 08:16AM
Wouter van Noort
is 40% done
The clouds begin to break and although it's nearly midnight it's still light enough to see sheep on the shoreline and waves catching the moonlight out at sea. The Highland semi-darkness eventually fades into night, but the scene remains: a painting in blue shadows.
— Apr 30, 2026 12:24AM
Wouter van Noort
is 29% done
We're ready. Ready to cross the edge of the Great Wilderness.
— Apr 29, 2026 11:31AM
Wouter van Noort
is 21% done
Back in the kitchen I pick up the guidebook again. The Cape Wrath Trail. Two hundred and thirty miles running from the north-west corner of Scotland south to Fort William.
— Apr 29, 2026 08:43AM
Wouter van Noort
is 14% done
There is no walking on level ground: to leave the house is to go up or downhill. To go down is easy, but there will always be a hill to return by. To go uphill first means that you save the easy downhill for the return. 'I'll put the kettle on then.'
— Apr 29, 2026 02:42AM
