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Article: The top 10 peaceful summer walks
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- The Independent on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 2, 2009
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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 ...