[This walk was completed on Thursday 15th May, 2025]
Alturlie Point is a pretty place. Palm trees. Nice houses. And a great view across the Moray Firth to Avoch. I can see Avoch clearly today because it is sunny – unlike the day I walked through the place when the views were spoilt by a sea mist.
[This walk was completed on Wednesday, 14th May, 2025]
After my picnic lunch, I heave my rucksack back on my shoulders, and set off through the woodland, following the little path.
[This walk was completed on Wednesday, 14th May, 2025]
What a difference a day makes! Yesterday was dull, cold and wet. Today is bright and sunny. Yippee! I drive back to North Kessock, and park my van in almost the exact same place as yesterday. But, today, I’m going to walk.
[Tuesday 13th May, 2025]
I pack up the van and leave Fortrose behind. Drive to the end-point of today’s planned walk, North Kessock, where I sit in my van looking at the miserable view of Inverness across the water.
Perhaps the rain will stop soon, and the mist will clear up?
Continue reading[This walk was completed on Monday, 12th May 2025]
Ormond Castle turns out to be a disappointment. I climb a grassy hill, and find a few stones and a flag pole. That’s all. Even the views are disappointing, as the sea mist has thickened and is drifting in a chilly cloud around the place.
[This walk was completed on Monday 12th May 2025]
Nobody else gets off the bus at Munlochy. It’s a small place with houses among trees and a handful of shops. I set off along the road, heading back towards the main A832.
[This walk was completed on Sunday 11th May 2025]
Such a treat to have lunch in a cafe! There have been so few places open on the north coast of Scotland – closed pubs, and cafes that have erratic opening hours. I feel I must be approaching civilisation again.
Leaving the cafe behind, I head along the shore. Rosemarkie is a pretty place, and popular with visitors.
[This walk was completed on Sunday 11th May 2025]
I’m staying in a beautiful campsite in Fortrose, right on the coast of the Black Isle. (Strange name for the area, as it is neither black nor an island!) And this morning I can enjoy a leisurely morning – no bed to put away, and no van to pack up – because this morning I’m going to catch a bus.
In fact, I’m so relaxed, that I nearly miss the bus and have to jog, with my backpack flapping on my shoulders, to the bus stop. This is the number 26 service to Cromarty and – yes – it even runs on a Sunday.
I’ve met very few people all morning but now, as I’m eating my lunch, the traffic begins to hot up. This father and child toil past me, going up hill.
[This walk was completed on Saturday, 10th May, 2025]
I leave my bike in the same spot as yesterday. But today I’m heading south, along the minor road that leads down towards Rosemarkie. It’s another beautiful day, and the fields are bright with gorse and rape seed crops.
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Report: 1291 Date: 3/8/26 Location: Cullompton, highbanks, Devon. W3W ///relocated.waters.request 2 walkers, no dog Single cow, ? Charolais Report: “We were walking along the opposite side of the field next to the bushes, the cows were down by the river. They had moved around a bit, but they weren’t near us and we weren’t near […]
Incident number: 1290Date: 2/8/26Site: On the Cotswold Way public footpath at Sands Farm (between Dyrham and Pennsylvania/ (Cold Ashton) just before where the Cotswold Way crosses Gorse Lane. The very approximate coordinates are 51.468770,-2.378849.Type of cow: Boisterous group of young cattle.2 walkers, no dog. Report: “At approximately 12:00 noon, Sunday 2nd August 2026, my mother […]
Incident number 1287Date: 26.07.26Site: Winnats Pass loop trail2 walkers and dog (on lead) Report: “The cows were stood next to the gate we needed to get through, as my friend and her dog carefully passed them to get through the gate a cow turned to her and began walking fast towards her, it’s head was […]
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