West Highlands on a budget: a hostel amid Scotland’s mountains and waterfalls

Our series of low-cost stays continues at the revamped Glen Nevis hostel, handy for some of Scotland’s long-distance walking trails

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I arrived at Glen Nevis during a storm. I’d watched it gather through the window of the train on the scenic West Highland Line from Glasgow. I’d witnessed the tempest scouring Rannoch Moor and by the time we arrived at Fort William it had reached fever pitch. It was a reminder that the Highlands can still do wild when the fancy takes them.

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