EM2
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Google Maps suggests it's fifteen minutes or so to walk between the Lower and Upper stations.
Does that seem right? Is it a fairly easy stroll?
Does that seem right? Is it a fairly easy stroll?
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Getting between Tyndrum stations
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scotraildriver
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From the road to Upper Tyndrum is a considerable climb!
alex17595
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It's very much easier to go downhill. There is a little cut through you can use rather than going around the road up to the Upper station.
EM2
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I did think that might be the better bet.
Did this once on a sunday traveling from Oban to Mallaig. Changing at Crianlarich would give me a 40minute change.
I decuded to change at Tyndrum and have a walk and go to the Green Welly shop with an extra 35 mins.
It is easy from Lower Tyndrum to the vilage but definitely a hike to the Uppet station especially as I had a large rucksack. Fine if you are reasonably fit
I decuded to change at Tyndrum and have a walk and go to the Green Welly shop with an extra 35 mins.
It is easy from Lower Tyndrum to the vilage but definitely a hike to the Uppet station especially as I had a large rucksack. Fine if you are reasonably fit
signallerscot
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Easily done in 10 mins if you're even moderately fit.
As others have said, definitely easier downhill. There's a great fish and chip shop on the main road too, and they sell beer.
Also, if you will be doing this in the dark, take a torch. The road to Upper is through trees and practically a blackout!
Also, if you will be doing this in the dark, take a torch. The road to Upper is through trees and practically a blackout!
EM2
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All things considered, I think might stick with Crianlarich!
ChiefPlanner
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Mind the midges , in warm weather.
Fixed that for you
To be fair, last time I was there the little Blighters weren't, and it was warm. Rained a lot, mind.
QueensCurve
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An easier stroll than Ranoch Station to Dalwhinnie, which I did in September 1987. Followed by a much needed steak served on a cast-iron Bull at the Loch Ericht hotel.
Fair play! Loch Ericht the whole way or did you bag Ben Alder?
Deepgreen
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Fixed that for you
Midge season is generally late May to late October. They prefer still, cloudy weather, and dislike bright sunshine and/or strong wind.
Richard1960
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Was on Loch Awe station last April a steep climb down from the hotel it serves,got warned about the midges on the way down.!
PaulLothian
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Also depends how far north you are - we have been well bitten in Gigha (far south) in late April, but rarely encounter any on our annual week in Wester Ross and Sutherland at the very end of May/beginning of June.
Interestingly, despite the data suggesting that the average onset of spring's moving northward across the British Isles is becoming earlier year by year, we have not tracked the same level of change in midge activity over the past 15 years during our late spring stravaiging up and down the west coast.
tsr
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And that's probably an easier walk between stations than Corrour to Fort William via the Abhainn Rath river... a route which shows you the very definitions of the words stunning, desolate, boggy, cold and windy. Even the midges didn't seem to like it there.
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D1009
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Slightly OT, but should you tire of the wilderness that is Rannoch moor, I can recommend the CityLink coach between Tyndrum and Fort William which follows a completely different and magnificent route through the Pass of Glencoe, Ballachulish bridge and the shores of Loch Linnhe. It's also quicker than the train.
It's the way I always go, albeit by car.
Sometimes there is a good bus/train connection of Bridge of Orchy that gives you time to have lunch in the hotel.
I'd definitely recommend this bus/train loop to anyone considering a West Higland Line daytrip.
I did it on 1.8.1980 with 27042 to Lower then 27020 back to Crianlarich PLUS I found a pound on the platform at Upper! In case that doesn't sound impressive, in 1980 a pound bought you 3 pints of lager.
27042 Tyndrum Lower 1.8.80 par PinzaC55, on ipernity
27020 Tyndrum Upper 1.8.80 par PinzaC55, on ipernity
27042 Tyndrum Lower 1.8.80 par PinzaC55, on ipernity
27020 Tyndrum Upper 1.8.80 par PinzaC55, on ipernity
PaulLothian
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My favourite drive south of the Great Glen, though the Loch Linnhe section is only good scenically in the summer if you really, really like trees!
That's the obvious and direct route for anybody going by road - the A82 trunk road,
Essan
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Unless there's an accident or landside and the road is closed for any length of time between N Ballachullish and Corran Ferry. In which case the diversion is about 250 miles - via the A9!
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I did it on 1.8.1980 with 27042 to Lower then 27020 back to Crianlarich PLUS I found a pound on the platform at Upper! In case that doesn't sound impressive, in 1980 a pound bought you 3 pints of lager.
27042 Tyndrum Lower 1.8.80 par PinzaC55, on ipernity
27020 Tyndrum Upper 1.8.80 par PinzaC55, on ipernity
Love the First Class flailer in a shirt and tie. Class 27s clearly attracted a higher calibre of crank back in the day.
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Anyone with a bike should try cycling Connel Ferry to Fort William along the Caledonia Way much of which is former railway and has fab views.
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