Three Lochs Way | Hiking Scotland: Day 1

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Today we set off to hike the Three Lochs Way over a weekend with a couple of nights wildcamping. The Three Lochs Way is a shorter long distance hike of about 34 miles.

Getting to Dumbarton (easier to get back to by train from the end) we get the train (eventually) to Balloch, where the hike starts.

Travelling through Balloch and past Loch Lomond we trek up the trail onto the hillside to traverse over to drop down into Helensburgh.

On leaving Helensburgh we pull back up out and walk over a section of hillside before finding a place to camp for the evening where the coming calamity for the weekend begins.

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"Gentle landscapes are gradually replaced by the scenic drama of mountain, crag and loch as the Three Lochs Way crosses the Highland Boundary Fault and heads towards the mountains of the Southern Highlands. With Loch Lomond, The Gareloch and Loch Long as recurrent scenic backdrops, the Three Lochs Way takes you on a fascinating journey through place and time as it links a necklace of communities strung along the Clyde Sea Lochs fringe of Scotland's first national park.

Rarely rising above 250 metres, the route's 55 kilometres (34 miles) can easily be walked in 3 to 4 days and with the West Highland railway line never far away, it also offers plenty of options for shorter day walks. Total ascent is approximately 1,500 metres."