Ruth's Coastal Walk (UK)

434 Inveralligin to Craig’s Bothy (part 3)

Posted on June 5, 2021 by Ruth Livingstone

[This walk took place on the 8th August, 2020]

I’m tired after my long hike out to Craig’s Bothy and back, followed by my trek up the road. But my day isn’t over yet. I need to join up with yesterday’s walk, which ended further down the road, at the bridge over the Abhainn Alligin, just above Inveralligin.

Having retrieved the Monster bike, I park my car, again, at the view point near the top of the pass.

A white campervan has pulled up beside me, and a couple get out. They watch as I heave my bike out of the car. “Good for you,” they say. Followed by, “You’re brave.”

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434 Inveralligin to Craig’s Bothy (part 2)

Posted on April 15, 2021 by Ruth Livingstone

[This walk took place on the 8th August, 2020]

I leave my bike above Loch Diabaig, and set off walking up the road. Cottages are scattered over the hillside. Some are clearly working farms and crofts, while others – the grander ones – are probably holiday lets.

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434 Inveralligin to Craig’s Bothy (part 1)

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Ruth Livingstone

[This walk was completed on 8th August 2020]

It’s a thrilling, downhill, free-pedalling ride to Lower Diabaig, where I leave my bike chained near the beginning of a footpath. This is the path that should take me all the way to the famous Craig Bothy.

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433 Annat, Torridon to Inveralligin

Posted on March 26, 2021 by Ruth Livingstone

[This walk took place on the 7th August 2020]

I cycle through Annat, and leave my Monster Bike on a grass bank beside the road, hidden by a bank of ferns.

There’s Torridon, just across the water, sitting under the steep slopes of the mountains. Not far away, but I must walk around the top of the loch to reach it. Continue reading →

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Interlude: a tale of two infections

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Ruth Livingstone

Infection number one: a tricky rash

I meant to return to Scotland in September, but… that rash in my groin – the one I thought was a sweat rash because I noticed it after a soggy bicycle ride – well… it didn’t go away.

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Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Coronovirus, Covid, Lyme Disease | 49 Comments

432 Lochaline Link walk

Posted on March 16, 2021 by Ruth Livingstone

[This walk was completed on the 16th August 2019.]

Instead of heading straight back home from Loch Torridon, I’ve returned to the Morvern Peninsula, where I leave my Scooty bike a couple of miles outside Lochaline, at the turn off to Kinlochteacuis.

Why am I back here? Let me explain… Continue reading →

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431 Shieldaig to Annat, Loch Torridon

Posted on October 4, 2020 by Ruth Livingstone

[This walk was completed on the 15th August 2019]

It’s a treacherous cycle ride to Shieldaig, along a surprisingly busy road. I leave my Scooty bike chained up by a gate, and set off walking… well, actually, I sit on a bench overlooking Loch Shieldaig for a while because first I need to recover from the bike ride.

It’s a beautiful morning.

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430pm Ardheslaig to Shieldaig

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Ruth Livingstone

[This walk was completed on the 14th August 2019]

The road twists, turns, and dips up and down. It’s very pretty really but, after the excitement of the ‘proper path’ this morning, the rest of today’s walk seems a bit of a slog.

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430am Kenmore to Ardheslaig

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Ruth Livingstone

[This walk was completed on the 14th August, 2019]

It’s a dull morning, and I leave my Scooty bike chained up in the layby near Kenmore.

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429 Cuaig viewpoint to Kenmore

Posted on September 4, 2020 by Ruth Livingstone

[This walk was completed on the 13th August, 2019]

This morning, I park my van (The Beast) near the hamlet of Kenmore, and cycle back to the Cuaig viewpoint, where I stow my Scooty bike behind a boulder. Looking ahead at the road, I can see it leaves the shoreline and heads northwards in a series of swinging curves.