By accident, I came across a website by Bill Jack called the 5 Degree Challenge. Here a route is described following the 5 Degree West Line of Longitude from the southern tip of the Cowal Peninsula to Cape Wrath. The route promises to traverse the finest walking terrain in Scotland as well as being one of the most challenging long hikes in Britain. This all sounded fantastic and I was also pleased it was a lengthwise coast-to-coast hike across Scotland, something I’d not done before.
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