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Alexander Smail

Inside the natural beauty of Scotland's best winter walk with a historic link to the US

The top winter walks in the UK for people to embark on during the colder months as new research named John Muir Way the highest placing Scottish location on the list.

The trail is a coast-to-coast route that runs 134 miles across central Scotland, from Helensburgh to Dunbar. The latter is the birthplace of influential Scottish-American naturalist John Muir, which is where the walk got its name.

Muir moved to the United States of America when he was a child and later became an early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the country. It was through this work that he came to be known as the 'Father of the National Parks'.

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