Day 332: Alness Bay to Alnessferry – Harvest on The Black Isle.

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Ross-shire - East, Scotland

Date of walk: 19/8/19

Rosebay Willowherb with a bee, Balconie Point, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.

Balconie Point trig, 3,764mm above sea level! Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.

Cromarty Bridge, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.

Cromarty Bridge from The Black Isle I, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.

Wheat harvest I, The Black Isle, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.

Wheat harvest II, The Black Isle, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.

Wheat harvest III, The Black Isle, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.

Wheat harvest IV, The Black Isle, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.

Wheat harvest V, The Black Isle, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.

Cromarty Bridge from The Black Isle II, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.

Castle Craig, a 16th-Century fortified tower, perched on a rocky outcrop of the Black Isle, on the shores of the Cromarty Firth, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.

Across the Cromarty Firth from The Black Isle, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.

Last Light on the Cromarty Bridge from The Black Isle, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.

Looking inland from The Black Isle, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.



Phew I need a breather after ascending 3,764mm to the mighty Balconie Point trig.

The ransom note school of road signage.

It takes a lot of data to photograph on the trail for five weeks with each frame at 60.5MB. I’m about half way through.

Patriotic.

Following the edge of the Cromarty Firth by torch light.

Had to flatten the undergrowth to find a spot for the tent. Only problem is that it’s not remotely flat!

Camp at Alnessferry, Black Isle, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.

No place for pedestrians.
I’ve just walked across Cromarty Bridge to the Black Isle for the third time. The first crossing was aged ten walking from John o’ Groats to Glasgow with my mum, the next was aged 21 walking from Land’s End to John o’ Groats solo. Feels like a happy place just as I remember it.
Inside Castle Craig.
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One thought on “Day 332: Alness Bay to Alnessferry – Harvest on The Black Isle.”

  1. kevan hubbard says:

    Many low lying trig beacons. I was walking from Glasgow to Milgavie earlier in the month and went up a little 66m hill which has one.My only other 2022 trig is Pontop Pike,Co Durham at a lofty 312m.We had one near here at Seal Sands which must have been at sea level but the beacon has gone although OS maps show it there’s some rubble around which might have been it.I don’t think that the OS use them anymore and some have been destroyed by lightning and not replaced but the one atop Glastonbury Tor was removed because it was felt to be out of place with it’s surroundings and a direction plaque pointing out local hills,etc has replaced it.

Whether you have comments on the photos, some knowledge or a personal story on this area you’d like to share, or you’ve spotted a typo or error, I’d love to hear your thoughts.