The Perimeter

Date of walk: 03/01/12019      

Date of walk: 02/01/2019        

At Ardnamurchan Point, the wind blows into the foghorn with a continuous eerie low tone. A short walk to Sanna Bay and a group of friends scream in turn while taking a very quick and very cold new year’s day swim before returning to their […]

After skirting around Ben Hiant yesterday I’m now into the heart of Ardnamurchan, one of the remotest peninsulas in Britain where I’m hunkered down in my tent. As the rain sheets down outside I steel myself for another wet day today to reach the westernmost […]

Date of walk: 30/12/2018                  

Date of walk: 17/12/18

Date of walk: 16/12/18

Date of walk: 15/12/18        

As I make my way beside the Sound of Mull a car pulls up revealing a friendly bearded face “Don’t see many backpackers here, stop in at the next house over the hill and I’ll give you a cup of tea” A few minutes later […]

There’s nobody in the bothy when I arrive and I light a candle to cook dinner as the wind rages outside. The wooden sleeping platform is harder, colder but drier than the tent. Leacraithnaich has a dramatic location overlooking a loch but the windows are […]