2019-02-01_Lonely_Planet_Traveller

WORDS: RORY GOULDING. PHOTOGRAPHS: CRAIG EASTON,IAN RUTHERFORD/ALAMY, ANDRÉS LÓPEZ MORENO/500PX,SERGEI SIMONOV/SHUTTERSTOCK, ENRIQUE UGARTE/GETTY IMAGES

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Coe takes two and a half hours, without stops.

STAYEwichHouseworkswellasahalfwayhalt.

This lovely farmhouse B&B near Crianlarich has

uplifting valley views(from £70; ewich.co.uk).

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a 20-minute drive away(from £125; blackaddiehotel.co.uk).

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