Glen Falloch

Glen Falloch carries the A82 north from Loch Lomond to Crianlarich — the main road corridor from Glasgow toward Fort William and Skye. The River Falloch runs the length of the glen below the road, and the West Highland Way follows the quieter east bank through birch and alder. The glen name comes from the Gaelic falachadh — hidden place — which describes the original character before the military road and then the A82 opened it up. It is now one of the most driven-through glens in Scotland.

The Falls of Falloch are a 20-minute detour from the A82 that most drivers skip. They are a wide curtain fall into a deep plunge pool, framed by oak and birch, best visited in spate when the River Falloch is running hard after rain. The West Highland Way passes directly by; long-distance walkers arriving here on Day 2 from Loch Lomond typically stop. Day trippers from Glasgow who stop on the way north often do not know the falls are there.

Inverarnan, at the southern end of the glen, has the Drovers Inn — a licensed premises since 1705, one of the oldest continuously-operating inns in Scotland. The inn sits on the old droving route from the Highland grazings to the Falkirk Tryst, where cattle from across the west Highlands were sold to Lowland buyers. The interior — low ceilings, taxidermy, peat smoke — has remained largely unchanged for generations. It is not a gastro pub.