Author: Katja Lutte

Day 2 – Drymen to Rowardennan 23.5 km

May 1, 2024
As you can see, I started my watch late and distance shows as a few kms further than the guidebooks indicate on both of our devices. I have no idea why these km numbers have appeared and so far I haven’t managed to get rid of them.

Well, after staying at the lovely Clachan Inn in Drymen we set off in the rain once again. Not the downpour of the day before. We decided if the whole hike were like this we would be fine.

A Londoner we met along the way
Going up Conic Hill
At the top and there we have Loch Lomond
Rain easing up as we are coming down. Thank heavens for this recently-installed stone work or it would have been a dangerous mud slide.
Statue of Scottish climber, walker (they don’t call it hiking here) and media personality Tom Weir in the small town of Balmaha.
Through incredibly lush and undulating forests…

… to the very welcome sight of the Ben Lomond Bunkhouse, just outside of Rowardennan

This was a long day for us and we were good and tired. We made our own dinner here and met quite a few other hikers. We slept badly in separate dorms. The second half of this hike was rain free and we were so happy about that!