Whilst the rest of the UK seems to suffer torrential rain, as I write this the Outdoor Capital has not had more than the odd shower for over week.

Just as well because on Wednesday 19th July a crew came up from Walk magazine, the magazine of the Ramblers Association. They were up to research and shoot a piece on great valley walks. One of the best (in our opinion anyway but perhaps we are biased) is the classic walk out from Corrour Station to Glen Nevis Corrour Station is one of the most isolated stations in the UK, and has no road leading to it. There is however a great cafe and B&B there and an eco-hostel run by the Scottish Youth Hostel Association.

The walk is low level but a good length - approximately 15 miles and some of it is on quite rough ground. You start on moorland then walk past Loch Treig, alongside the Abhain Rath, past several bothies including Meannanach where we stopped for lunch. The middle section is a boggy but as it had been quite dry in the preceeding days we didn't have too much trouble. Once over the watershed the views down into Steall, the waterfall and onto the back of Ben Nevis are spectacular.

I'd thoroughly recommend this walk if you have a reasonable level of fitness. We had clear weather and only used our compass to identify surrrounding mountains, however if the weather came in you would need to be able to navigate out as the path is not always distinct.