Two walkers on the long distance route fell severely ill after drinking from a burn despite using filters.

An American tourist required emergency health care after drinking water from a stream in Scotland on Monday, May 18, ...

Lomond Mountain Rescue has now issued a warning to others about water consumption on the popular long distance walking trail.

A sick walker had to be rescued after drinking water on the West Highland Way thought to have been contaminated.

Graeme, the duty manager at the YHA hostel in Crianlarich, raises an eyebrow as I dump my dripping pack by the door. It’s been dark for several hours already, it’s raining heavily, and he clearly wasn ...

Walkers taking on the West Highland Way are being urged not to drink water from streams after two people took ill on the ...

The West Highland Way in Scotland stretches 96 miles across the Highlands from Milngavie to Fort William. Considered by many to be a moderate-to-difficult trail due to steep ascents and occasionally ...

Warnings have been issued to not drink untreated river water on the West Highland Way after two hikers fell ill in separate ...

I first heard about the West Highland Way, Scotland’s first official long distance hiking route, in the mid 1990s, but it took me nearly 30 years to walk it. Growing up in Glasgow, I started doing ...