A Walk from Arrochar to Rest and Be Thankful, via Glen Croe
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- Опубліковано 6 тра 2017
- Highlighting the turn-offs and forks, I'll guide you from Arrochar, around the head of Loch Long, and up through woodland towards magnificent scenic views over Glen Croe. We then follow the old military road at the foot of Glen Croe, and end at Rest and Be Thankful.
Please note that this walk is around 6 miles, but once at Rest and Be Thankful you then have to somehow get back to Arrochar. If you choose to walk back (and that will be about your only choice), then that is a 12 mile trek that will take around 6 hours, so this is a serious walk.
Music from the album, 'Where The Mountains Become Clouds', by Eddy Burns.
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Hi Eddy, great to find one of your earlier uploads. Truly a stunning and beautiful part of Scotland! I was fortunate to spend a quite a bit of time in nearby Lochgoilhead and Inveraray, so got to walk up to the viewpoint of Rest and be Thankful (what a great name), and enjoyed a delicious bacon roll & tea at the catering van.
I would love to revisit the whole area sometime soon.
Great production Eddy, really interesting commentary and amazing scenery, you deserve many more subscribers.
Keep well and stay safe, regards Rob.
Absolutely amazing video 📹. Breathtaking views. Excellent videography. Lovely place to visit. Thanks for sharing. Stay blessed and connected. New friend here.
Many thanks Muhammad.
Outstanding walk Eddy. Thanks so much. Lynn 😊
Many thanks.
Thank you for a lovely walk
Hi again, we stopped at the rest during our September trip. We did not have sunny day but even on overcast day, that place is awe inspiring. We are planning our Scotland 2018 trip but this time, we're going south. I want to see Hadrian's wall.
Hi Eddy.Many thanks for the great video.
Thanks for inviting me to join you in this beautiful countryside. You must have walked miles. One thing that is nice is the absence of people as you say and a brilliant place to fly ones drone for aerial photographs.
It's definitely a great scenic location for drones. If you go by bus, make sure and a book a seat both there and back as it can be full.
My friend and I are going to Arrochar in week, hope to do this walk thanks for all the information. You really deserve way more subscribers.
Many thanks. Bear in mind that you will NOT be able to get a bus from Rest and Be Thankful unless you book it the day before. When I did the walk I walked to Rest and Be Thankful via the video route, then walked back to Arrochar by a different route, and that is a LONG walk. Whatever your choice, enjoy yourself.
Edward Burns brilliant, thanks very much 🙂
Just got back to London. Arrochar was awesome!
It certainly is. As we say here in Scotland, haste ye back.
What a fabulous walk ❤️. I was hoping to see how you got hame face there
It was a walk back to Arrochar via a slightly different route on the other side of Glen Croe, which made it quite a long hike.
Great vid well done that man.
Almost reached the turn off for Glen Croe other day - definatly next time. Grear video !
Oh, looking up your camera today. Love how clear the images are. Way better than my wee cheapo video camera.
Very informative - hoping to cycle this at some point 😀😀
Just found this . Am definitely going to do this walk soon .. been up the cobbler but never knew this walk . Am now sub . Great stuff mate
Welcome aboard! Just be careful on the walk - it's a long long trek from Arrochar to Rest & Be Thankful and back again, and you can't catch a bus at Rest & Be Thankful unless you've booked in advance. Take care.
@@EdExploresScotland thanks very much yeh I will just take my time. Thanks for reply cheers
Spent many a walk through this area in the past. Love Glencoe, been up two of the three sisters, also in the kilt. Wild camped on the hills and down by the burn as well. Very dramatic landscape.
Just a shame there are so many problems with the road. It's a major artery.
@@EdExploresScotland I took my youngest up to Fort William last August for his first proper hike with his own backpack, sadly couldn't manage anything other than camping along by the River Ness near the Centre as he wasn't used to walking with a pack and developed an allergic reaction to many midgie bites. Anyway, there were a few landslides up by the 'Rest and be Thankful', so the train had to go round the other way, took longer. You'd think that with all the landslides since the 70's and before that they would try secure that section of road a wee bit more, maybe?. Thank you for your replies to me, both from 'HighlandDave66' (PC) and from the iPad in which it still comes up as 'DavidCannSings' from my time as a singer. (July 2011 - Jan 2019). Not missing it yet, but you never know?. lol. Your replies are much appreciated, Eddy. The Missus and I like your down to earth manner and feel that what you see on the camera is what you get. I'm like that, so it's good to see others the same. I know you'll know what I mean. Can't be doing with unnecessary shite.
Absolutely beautiful place. I live near the Cairngorms but you just can’t beat this part of Scotland. I miss it so hence enjoying your video even more.
It's a magical area, no doubt. All the best.
Hi, the folk arent like sheep they are heading up the right hand path which takes them up to the main Arrochar Mountain group of Ben Arthur, Beinn Narnain and Beinn Ime. A brilliant path and walk.
I know; it was the sheer volume of folk that surprised me, although what I hadn't appreciated at the time was that some sort of event was actually taking place.
The Arrochar Alps.
I have noticed when
I approach a bench and somebody's already sitting on it when I sit on it
they soon move , lol 😂 I must smell 😅😂 🏴 hello from teesside
I’m from Glen Croe... nice to see home when I am so faraway....
It's a real favorite area for me. Utterly beautiful. Take care.
Below comment taken from Wikipedia Ed, was nice to have a wee walk with you along the old military road, hope your well.
Very interesting. All the best.
Gravel is known to have been used extensively in the construction of roads by soldiers of the Roman Empire (see Roman road) but in 1998 a limestone-surfaced road, thought to date back to the Bronze Age, was found at Yarnton in Oxfordshire, Britain. Applying gravel, or "metalling", has had two distinct usages in road surfacing. The term road metalling refers to the broken stone or cinders used in the construction or repair of roads or railways, and is derived from the Latin , which means both "mine" and "quarry". The term originally referred to the process of creating a gravel roadway. The route of the roadway would first be dug down several feet and, depending on local conditions, French drains may or may not have been added. Next, large stones were placed and compacted, followed by successive layers of smaller stones, until the road surface was composed of small stones compacted into a hard, durable surface. "Road metal" later became the name of stone chippings mixed with tar to form the road-surfacing material tarmac. A road of such material is called a "metalled road" in Britain, a "paved road" in Canada and the US, or a "sealed road" in parts of Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Many thanks for that. The rather strange thing about metalled road surfaces (usually seen in minor roads once termed 'C-class') is that if you actually look, there can at times be small bits of metal - presumed iron - within the road material; not many, but enough to make you wonder why they are there. Which for me just adds to the confusion of where the term metalled actually came from.
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Enjoyed ur walk...how about doing the Isle of Skye truly amazing
Maybe some day.
'Ben' as in Ben Lomond, is the Anglicised term for the Gaelic 'Beinn' which means Mountain.
Thanks Lochlainn.
There is no metal in a metalled road, the term comes from Latin, metallum which means quarry, I.e. a road of quarried stone.
I'm stuck in the house having done my back in which i am quite enjoying as it gives me a chance to go through yr back catalog of wonderful videos.
Thanks for your comment. I understand what you're saying. Nevertheless, it is more than a little strange that in some of these roads there is actually little rusting lumps of iron here and there; why, I do not know. Hope your back heals soon.
From Wikipedia: "The term road metal refers to the broken stone or cinders used in the construction or repair of roads or railways,[42] and is derived from the Latin metallum, which means both "mine" and "quarry".[43] The term originally referred to the process of creating a gravel roadway. The route of the roadway would first be dug down several feet and, depending on local conditions, French drains may or may not have been added. Next, large stones were placed and compacted, followed by successive layers of smaller stones, until the road surface was composed of small stones compacted into a hard, durable surface. "Road metal" later became the name of stone chippings mixed with tar to form the road-surfacing material tarmac."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_surface#Metalling
Many thanks John. However, it still doesn't explain why there are in fact little lumps of iron in some of these road surfaces.
@@EdExploresScotland Could the iron be traffic polished stone? Or could it be iron debris in a small local area? Or native iron ore washed off a hillside?
I suppose it could be all of these things. I was thinking about it last night, and wondering if I should buy a magnet. I'm also wondering if I'm imagining things. In those old narrow 'C'-class roads that seem to have small lumps of iron in them, I seem to recall that it was brown and rusting, which would perhaps point towards actual iron. And there seemed to be enough of it to suggest it was in there deliberately. It remains a bit of a mystery for me, and maybe I should investigate further. Thanks again.
@@EdExploresScotland A magnet and magnifying glass would be good investments. The geology of Scotland is very interesting. And, Scotland has contributed greatly to the development of the science of geology. James Hutton is considered one of geology's founding fathers. Iain Stewart presented a great documentary "Men of Rock" on BBC Scotland. I find an understanding of the geology greatly enhances my appreciation of the landscape. It adds to the beauty and awe. Geology is a field in which amateurs can still make important contributions. You have the curiosity and experimental bent to make a good amateur. There are some very good learning material available on UA-cam.
Thanks again. So much to see and do, and not enough time to do it.