Date of walk: 03/01/12019
Month: May 2019
Day 260: Port Eigin-aig to Rubha Eilagadale – Stag & Skye
Date of walk: 02/01/2019
Day 259: Corrachadh Mor to Port Eigin-aig – Volcanic Vestige on New Year’s Day
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 […]
Day 258: Mingary to Corrachadh Mor – the Most Westerly Point on New Year’s Eve
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 […]
Day 255: Sgeir an t-Seangain to Strontian – Greylag Geese
Date of walk: 16/12/18
Day 254: Camus Fearna to Sgeir an t-Seangain – Sleet & Sunart
Date of walk: 15/12/18
Day 253: Auliston to Camas Fearna – Echoes of Eviction
Date of walk: 14/12/18
Day 252: Loch Aline to Auliston – Wildcat in Morvern
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 […]
Day 251: Leacraithnaich Bothy to Loch Aline
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 […]