The Great Glen Way - Day 1 ( Fort William to Glas-dhoire )

As the lockdown restrictions eased I finally got to go on a long distance hike. This is part of my Great Glen Way series of videos that go from Fort William to Inverness along the Caledonian Canal.
Information about the trail facilities greatglencanoet...
Glen Nevis Campsite www.glen-nevis...
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Gear used on this trail.
The Great Glen Way - Waterproof paper map geni.us/SFQr (Amazon)
Zpacks Duplex Tent zpacks.com/pro...
Zpacks Sleeping Bag zpacks.com/col...
Therm-a-Rest NeoAir UberLite (small) geni.us/Therm-... (Amazon)
Mammut Air Pillow geni.us/Mammut... (Amazon)
Alpkit Karku Stove www.alpkit.com...
Alpkit MytiMug 650 www.alpkit.com...
Bic Mini Disposable Lighter geni.us/5_Mini... (Amazon)
Plastic Mug (homemade, mentioned in this video) • My 240gram Ultralight ...
Optimus Folding Ti long handle spoon geni.us/OPTIMU... (Amazon)
Sawyer micro Water Filter geni.us/SAWYER... (Amazon)
Vecto 2L Water Container cnocoutdoors.c...
Rab Spark Jacket (similar to mine) geni.us/Rab_Sp... (Amazon)
Montane Unisex Podium Pants geni.us/ynsj (Amazon)
OEX Zenon Ultra LT Down Jacket www.gooutdoors...
Berghaus Spectrum Beanie geni.us/BjDdN3 (Amazon)
Buff (similar to mine) geni.us/hd31 (Amazon)
Zpacks Arc Blast Backpack zpacks.com/pro...
OMM Chest Pod geni.us/ODAAi (Amazon)
Sit Mat
Garmin eTrex 30x geni.us/PALa3 (Amazon)
Garmin OS maps
Spot Gen3 geni.us/CwRZ8 (Amazon)
Petzl e+Lite (updated) geni.us/Gf0hZ8Q (Amazon)
Samsung Galaxy S10
TheTentLab Deuce of Spades UL Trowel 2 geni.us/viqB4 (Amazon)
Anker Power Pack geni.us/qPCyP (Amazon)
Leukotape geni.us/4pSRB2 (Amazon)
Pocket Knife geni.us/TCcZ4zT (Amazon)
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[@stenewton5175]

Hi Paul great to see you on another adventure. Be interested seeing this as I cycle camped this (and back to ft William) in 2012 in 4 days. Enjoy the trip mate & nice to see you're out again 👍

[@PaulWillcocks]

Thanks, I really enjoyed this hike.

[@stevensteptoe682]

Hello Paul, it's great to see you back out again. I'm looking forward to the second instalment.

[@PaulWillcocks]

Thanks it will probably be uploaded on Monday.

[@jamielittlewood7103]

Hi Paul, lovely watch, very informative as always, thank you. Can you advise where you stayed in Fort William the night before you started please and if they had parking to leave the car? Thanks in advance.

[@PaulWillcocks]

Hi Jamie. I hiked the West Highland Way first and stayed in a hotel in Fort William for two nights before starting the Great Glen Way. The hotel was on the high street and was called Ossian's Hotel. I don't think it has parking.

[@johnho2006]

good to see you back on the road, as usual informative, and always a good video

[@PaulWillcocks]

Its good to get out again.

[@spo72]

Hi m8 is the office at Corpach difficult to find and is it far off the trail many thanks

[@PaulWillcocks]

No it's not difficult to find at all, I point the office out at 3:00. It takes less than 10 minutes to leave the trail get the key and get back on the trail again.

[@mamtorthedestroyer1168]

Was that vessel that was on the bank in service? Also I saw a lot of ducks 🦆 on the bank they seemed like nice ducks quite friendly.

[@dazbass007]

nice one Paul good first day. atb daz

[@PaulWillcocks]

thanks. more to come.

[@superdog1947]

Watched this prior to my trip which i have just finished and although not my favourite trail i was blessed with great weather in September and thankfully midge free.Enjoyed the first 3 days walking to Drumnadrohit but found it boring and relentless to Inverness.

[@PaulWillcocks]

Thanks for watching and I know what you mean. I found my last day to be a bit relentless.

[@3WalkingPoles]

I'm impressed how prepared and organised you were. Definitely "the key" is very helpful addition while walking the trail but it's a shame to see vandalised facilities. It's beyond my mental capabilities to understand why one would want to make an effort and destroy it for others. Although there are no great views, it's easy and enjoyable walk. Looking forward to see next episodes. Cheers, Seb

[@PaulWillcocks]

Thanks Seb. The next video will probably be uploaded on Monday.

[@carltrotter7622]

Hope you're having fun! I just finished West Highland Way (my first expedition after DofE). Thanks for the inspiration!

[@PaulWillcocks]

well done for completing the West Highland Way.

[@JustinWhiting9]

Thanks Paul! 👍 I’m here in FW right now ready to start the GGW tomorrow and your vid popped up. Perfect timing! Will try to rent a key and get to your camp spot or even to Laggan Locks. Are there pitches there? Cheers, Justin

[@PaulWillcocks]

Hi Justin. I'm not sure if there are any wild camping spots there but according to the map that I was given at the sea loch in Fort William there is commercial camping (maybe closed), bunk house (maybe closed) and toilets there. Hope this helps and good luck with your hike.

[@JustinWhiting9]

Cheers Paul 👍

[@DJVOutdoors]

Starting this tomorrow Paul I’m in Fort William

[@PaulWillcocks]

Good luck. I've just finished The Ridgeway

[@DJVOutdoors]

Paul Willcocks I had to wade through a flood outside fort William and reach fort Augustus in a lot of pain as I got lots of blisters I have to come off the trail and return next year sadly. I did the ridgeway last September, hope you enjoyed it?

[@PaulWillcocks]

@@DJVOutdoors bad luck with the blisters, I've been getting some as well. I really enjoyed The Ridgeway and will start uploading videos soon.

[@DJVOutdoors]

Paul Willcocks I’m from the Wendover area where it passes through that’s a nice part of it. Thanks, I’ll certainly get back to Fort Augustus to finish it but maybe next year now. I’ll be doing some wild camping in the Peak District soon, again if you fancy joining me on one in the months ahead then let me know.

[@BorderRambler]

Great stuff , pity to see someone busting the toilet locks obviously didnt want to pay the £10 ....

[@PaulWillcocks]

yes that would explain breaking one toilet door lock but not both.

[@clivesweeting4410]

Why pay the £10 if most of them are closed or not working ? + the hassle of the long detour to return the key .

[@jonmapp6803]

Hi Paul, great to see you out again, another walk for me to add to the list of the ones I want to do :-)

[@PaulWillcocks]

Its good to be out again. I've also get a list of hikes I want to do and it keeps getting longer.

[@mikebowle2368]

welcome back....how did you get to the start of the walk

[@PaulWillcocks]

I drove to Bristol airport, flew to Glasgow, got a trail to Milngavie. Then hiked the West Highland Way. Took one day off then started the Great Glen Way.

[@angelakm6753]

Nice one. Have you tried Y shaped pegs?

[@PaulWillcocks]

no i haven't but the rocks did the job fine.

[@DJVOutdoors]

Hi Paul, I was the guy messaging you on my other channel, I’ve just set a new one up here. Great first video of the GGW looks like you’ve also got a gopro hero 7/8? Your pitch by the Loch looked good. Dave

[@PaulWillcocks]

Hi Dave. yes all filmed on a Gopro 8. Why did you start another KZbin channel?

[@DJVOutdoors]

Paul Willcocks my other channel was originally setup to do with something unrelated to outdoors and all the subscribers are not into the outdoors so I wanted to start fresh and build subs who are into the outdoors!

[@larsstecken]

I just read you were on the WHW last week. And you did the GGW in July? 🤔

[@PaulWillcocks]

I finished the WHW on the 28th July and started the GGW on the 30th.

[@larsstecken]

Ha! Exactly the same idea that I had - not very original then 🙄😁 Will start the same in September. As always, thanks for sharing!

[@tbotheman]

Good to see you out again mate. Looking forward to your journey. Always good seeing camping spots and tips about the trail from other people 👍👍👍

[@PaulWillcocks]

Thanks. KZbin is a great place for inspiration and knowledge.

[@tbotheman]

Paul Willcocks just been through your 2017 WHW videos as well. Wouldn’t mind walking both these paths one after the other also.

[@PaulWillcocks]

@@tbotheman Yes its a good way of doing it. I took one day off in Fort William then started the GGW

[@DorsetPiper.]

Hi Paul, looking forwards to following this trail series. Hope all well. Cheers.

[@PaulWillcocks]

Thanks. I'm trying to plan my next hike at the moment.

[@DorsetPiper.]

@@PaulWillcocks any clues!

[@PaulWillcocks]

@@DorsetPiper. I'm not sure am the moment and I don't want to announce a trail that may not happen so I'll keep it to myself for the moment........ but it will probably be in the south of England.......maybe.

[@kevholohan908]

Good to see you back Paul.looking forward to this one. I see in the comments you did WHW again are we to expect any video from that or did you give the camera a rest.

[@PaulWillcocks]

Hi Kev. I did film the WHW hike but I'm not sure if I'm going to post the entire hike as one post on KZbin or post it as individual days like I normally do. What do you think I should do?

[@kevholohan908]

@@PaulWillcocks Hi Paul personaly I would love to see individual days and thanks for asking .👍

[@PaulWillcocks]

@@kevholohan908 thanks for your input.

[@mamtorthedestroyer1168]

Would like to see a full length documentary

[@morgs4mountains]

Welcome Back!!

[@PaulWillcocks]

Thanks. It's good to be hiking again.

[@snowymatrix]

Nice one mate been looking forward to this!👍🍺

[@PaulWillcocks]

thanks. its taking me ages to edit the videos. I really need to learn how to edit quicker.

[@snowymatrix]

@@PaulWillcocks I use power director 365 from Cyberlink. I find it very easy and quick to use👍🍺

[@PaulWillcocks]

@@snowymatrix i've just changed from Shotcut to DaVinci Resolve and it's a steep learning curve.

[@snowymatrix]

@@PaulWillcocks also with the 365 subscription they give you loads of copyright free music, photos and other stuff that you can use in your YT videos👍🍺

[@waynewright1488]

Great to see you back👍

[@PaulWillcocks]

Thanks, it's been too long.

[@waynewright1488]

I will be up there in a fortnight with the Mrs & kids in a camper van and we are going to have a good tour round to places we’ve never been to up there