[This walk was completed on the 9th June, 2021]
The ferry is running this morning! I am cycling through West Lynn, past the ferry car park, when I notice there are several cars parked there, and then I see a lady hurrying up the steps to the ticket office.
I hastily chain up my Scooty bike at a rack in the car park, and run after the lady – just in time to buy a ticket and catch the next crossing.
[This short walk took place on the 8th June, 2021]
I’m standing beside an offshoot of the River Ouse, looking at a group of derelict old boats abandoned on the bank. Crikey! They have really deteriorated in the 11 years since I was last here in King’s Lynn.
I’ve been worrying about today, for a number of reasons.
Continue reading[This walk was completed on the 14th August 2020]
After lunch, I drive along the private road towards the Rubha Reidh headland and lighthouse. It’s a narrow road with only a few, infrequent passing-places, so I drive slowly and worry about meeting something head-on. In fact, I meet nobody.
I soon arrive at a car park near the tip of the Rubha Reidh headland, heave my Monster bike out the boot, and set off pedalling….
[This walk was completed on the 14th August 2020]
I start walking – along the B8021 – towards Melvaig. It’s a lonely road, with relatively little traffic and only a few sheep for company.
Below me is North Erradale, the crofting settlement, with cottages and houses spread out across the valley floor.
Continue reading[This walk was completed on the 13th August 2020]
After a picnic lunch, I head down onto the sands of Big Sand. Now I know why the place is called Big Sand. What a lovely long beach.
[This walk was completed on the 13th August 2020]
I start today’s walk from the war memorial at Gairloch. The weather is dull, with low cloud covering the sky and obscuring the hills. So different from yesterday.
[This walk was completed on the 12th August 2020]
I leave my bike in the parking area by the bridge over the River Kerry. (Well, actually, I haul it into the bushes and chain it up among the ferns and gorse. I don’t want anyone to steal it at this point, as I need it for future walks.)
Then I set off along the road towards Gairloch.
[This walk was completed on the 12th August, 2020]
I cycle back to Badachro, and chain up the Monster bike in the parking place by the water’s edge. What a view.
It’s another day of road walking today, like yesterday. But, unlike yesterday, I’m walking through woodland. No sight of the water to start with, just beautiful trees.
Continue reading[This walk was completed on the 11th August 2020]
In a little hamlet, called Badachro, there is a car park marked with a blue [P] on my OS map. I can’t find the car park at first, and drive aimlessly along the same 200 yards of road several times – before I eventually discover the little parking spot. It’s down a steep track and right beside the sea.
Safely parked, I haul my Monster bike out the boot…
[This walk was completed on the 11th August 2020]
After a lazy day yesterday, I’m determined to get some miles under my boots today. It’s a late start, because I get distracted by breakfast in the hotel (a strange experience where you wear a mask to enter the room but remove it once you’re seated, as if Covid only infects you when you’re standing up).
I walk through rain showers to reach the viewpoint at Red Point, where I take a self-portrait.
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