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Walk of the Month Don't be another face in the crowd. Explore these alternative beauty spots. Mark Rowe selects some quieter footpaths from the Scottish Highlands to deepest Dorset

Glenfinnan

SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS

The Scottish Highlands can be a contrary place - large tracts of wilderness, peppered with disconcertingly busy historical attractions. Ben Nevis and Glencoe can seem strangely crowded, with hikers and cars parked inelegantly on verges, but another nearby location of national importance offers a quieter escape: Glenfinnan, where Bonnie Prince Charlie's standard was raised to launch the 1745 Jacobite uprising. Most visitors to Glenfinnan walk up beyond the visitor centre before ...

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