Tag: ScottishHighlands
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The Cape Wrath Trail: May the Best Sibling Win (Just Kidding!)
For our Mum, who never got to see us do this together, RIP 14/10/2024 Monday, May 12th, 2025 – Goin Home! The camp stirred early as we prepared for the 805 bus to Durness, enjoying one last porridge breakfast before heading to the Spar for snacks. I don’t know what it is about journeys, but…
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The Cape Wrath Trail: May the Best Sibling Win (Just Kidding!)
For our Mum, who never got to see us do this together, RIP 14/10/2024 Sunday May 11th 2025CWT Day 17: Firing Range to Cape Wrath – Approx: 4.5 miles, with the best of endings A disturbed night’s sleep, waking at 1:30 am, then drifting in and out of sleep. No doubt anticipation for the end…
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The Cape Wrath Trail: May the Best Sibling Win (Just Kidding!)
For our Mum, who never got to see us do this together, RIP 14/10/2024 Saturday May 10th 2025CWT Day 16: Oldshoremore to Firing Range – Approx: 10 miles It was a slow morning due to the closure of the Cape Wrath Firing Range. There was nowhere to go. Oldshoremore Retreats & Crafts is a wellbeing…
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The Cape Wrath Trail: May the Best Sibling Win (Just Kidding!)
For our Mum, who never got to see us do this together, RIP 14/10/2024 Friday May 9th 2025CWT Day 15: Camp outside Kylestrome to Oldshoremore – Approx: 22 miles A quiet night under a sultry moon and an impressive sunset. No evening song or dawn chorus, just the sound of my tinnitus. A poor night’s…
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The Cape Wrath Trail: May the Best Sibling Win (Just Kidding!)
For our Mum, who never got to see us do this together, RIP 14/10/2024 Thursday May 8th 2025CWT Day 14: Inchnadamph to an outcrop outside Kylestrome – Miles: Approx 13 miles The drying room here at Inchnadamph Explorers Lodge is phenomenal. There are six of those huge old radiators. It’s like walking into a wall…
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The Cape Wrath Trail: May the Best Sibling Win (Just Kidding!)
For our Mum, who never got to see us do this together, RIP 14/10/2024 Wednesday May 7th 2025CWT Day 13: Kinlochailsh (Benmore Lodge) to Inchnadamph – Approx: 9 miles – it felt a lot longer A warmer night, with dry tents and an early start. We broke camp 7am and headed off on the 4×4…
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The Cape Wrath Trail: May the Best Sibling Win (Just Kidding!)
For our Mum, who never got to see us do this together, RIP 14/10/2024 Monday May 5th 2025CWT Day 11: Inverlael Bridge to Knockdamph Bothy – Approx: 12 stunning miles A quiet night in the shadow of the “red mountain”. We heard a few people passing our tents, it’s a popular area for hikers and…
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The Cape Wrath Trail: May the Best Sibling Win (Just Kidding!)
For our Mum, who never got to see us do this together, RIP 14/10/2024 Sunday May 4th 2025CWT Day 10 Strath na Sealga to Inverlael Bridge – Approx: 12 miles Strange sounds in the landscape last night. I think they may have been Ptarmigan or Grouse. Ptarmigan are fascinating birds that change their plumage to…
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The Cape Wrath Trail: May the Best Sibling Win (Just Kidding!)
For our Mum, who never got to see us do this together, RIP 14/10/2024 Friday May 2nd 2025CWT Day: 8 Strathcarron to Kinlochewe – Approx: 10 miles We whiled away the evening in the bar, the food was great, as was the company. Chatting with other hikers including Simon from France who is also walking…
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The Cape Wrath Trail: May the Best Sibling Win (Just Kidding!)
For our Mum, who never got to see us do this together, RIP 14/10/2024 Thursday 1st May 2025CWT Day: 7 Killilin to Strathcarron – Approx: 7 miles A comfortable night in the woods on a mossy bed. Tawny owls called in the night. Midges were waiting to greet us this morning, so it was a…
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