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North of Milarrochy’s shingle bay the way runs sometimes alongside the small tarred road, but mostly just far enough in the woods to be out of earshot. The path rejoins the road for half a mile, to the large car park at Rowardennan Pier.

ROWARDENNAN TO INVERSNAID

Having just spent half a day wandering the wooded shore of Loch Lomond, today will consist of – wandering the wooded shore of Loch Lomond. The shore of Loch Lomond is delightful and it’d be a shame to miss it. On the other hand, perhaps we don’t need quite so much of it as 30km or 20 miles. Especially when Ben Lomond, one of Scotland’s best-loved mountains, looms over the loch.

There are two ways to do Ben Lomond. On good paths, there’s a circuit returning to Rowardennan over the Ptarmigan. Or there’s the wild country option, descending the untrodden north ridge and crossing some rough moorland to pick up a track down to the loch again at Cailness.

WH WAY: ROWARDENNAN TO INVERSNAID

Distance 11km (7 miles) Approximate time 3hr Not the WH Way 2 Ben Lomond 3 Hill Crossing: Ben Lomond to Inversnaid

On stormy days – or ones that are merely dreich and damp – the lochside is less demanding. Indeed, the lochside is just great as wind sweeps the branches overhead and waves rattle against the shoreline rocks. From Rowardennan car park follow the shoreline past a granite war memorial in the shape of a stone ring. Just beyond it there are some glacier scratches in the shoreline rocks. Then join the track of the WH Way.