Not the West Highland Way

“Not the West Highland Way is part of Cicerone’s of Great Britain and Ireland Cicerone walking guides series on topics and grades covering short walks and day walks, coastal and ridge walks, lowlands and highlands, long distance trails and popular regional routes.

This guide offers mountain alternatives to all but one of the West Highland Way’s 9 standard stages, as well as other nearby hill circuits, warm-up backpacking trips and routes into the deep north. 5 one-day hill outings are described, as well as 8 mountain alternatives for a great 14-day expedition; it includes two 2-day backpack trips for shoulder strengthening and 3 longer routes further afield.

Guides are a smaller format and illustrated with OS mapping and colour photography. Very thorough route descriptions are given, with walk profile boxes summarizing essential data such as distance, height gain, grade, walking time, Ordnance Survey mapping references, and accommodation and parking options.
Cicerone Press are one of the UK’s most well known and respected publishers of guidebooks for the outdoor enthusiast. Easily distinguished by their convenient pocket size, these books have been a favourite amongst walkers, climbers and cyclists for many years.

Their guides for European and international destinations are highly popular amongst English-speaking tourists. The books are of the same high standard as the UK guides, with clear maps, detailed route descriptions and plentiful background information. The range is extensive and often they produce the only available English language guide available for a particular area or long distance route.