Routes
There are currently four in total:
- West Highland Way, 95 miles (153 km), opened in 1980
- Speyside Way, 84 miles (135 km) of route including spurs; first part opened 1981; completed in 2000
- Southern Upland Way, 212 miles (341 km), opened 1984
- Great Glen Way, 73 miles (117 km), opened 2002
Each of the routes is waymarked with a hexagonal thistle symbol.
The six miles (10 km) of the Pennine Way terminating at Kirk Yetholm are in Scottish Borders, Scotland, but in the care of the Countryside Agency, and designated a National Trail.
Proposals for new LDRs originate from Scottish Natural Heritage, who make proposals to the Scottish Government. Responsibility for creating and maintaining each LDR lies with each local authority through which a route passes, but Scottish Natural Heritage provides some of the finance and publicity.
Read more about this topic: Long Distance Routes
Famous quotes containing the word routes:
“The myth of independence from the mother is abandoned in mid- life as women learn new routes around the mother—both the mother without and the mother within. A mid-life daughter may reengage with a mother or put new controls on care and set limits to love. But whatever she does, her child’s history is never finished.”
—Terri Apter (20th century)