[This walk was completed on Sunday, 4th May, 2025]
The forecast was showers in the morning, and sun in late afternoon. So, I decided to have an easy morning lazing around in my little apartment, and go for a short walk later. Inver to Portmahomack is only 4 miles. An easy amble.
It is 4:30pm by the time the showers clear and I arrive in Inver on my Scooty bike, ready to resume my trek.
[This walk was completed on Saturday, 3rd May, 2025]
I catch the bus back to Tain, and it is a short walk through the town down to the shore, where an open green space provides an area to walk and play. I cut across the grass towards the water’s edge.
[This walk was completed on Friday, the 2nd May, 2025]
After a brisk lunch, I set off down the grassy path towards the shore. This is the edge of Dornoch Firth. I am sure it looks more scenic when the tide comes in!
[This walk was completed on the 2nd May, 2025]
I catch the bus to Dornoch (a BUS – yes, I’ve reached civilisation again!) and walk back to where I ended yesterday’s trek. On the way, I pass a row of old cottages, one with a stone set in its garden. An ancient standing stone? A mile-marker? Or a gravestone?
[This walk was completed on Thursday, 1st May, 2025]
It’s been nearly a year since I was last in Scotland, and it is great to be back. I walk though the outskirts of the static-home holiday park at Embo, and head for the shore. A man on a mobility scooter is sitting facing the water… and I can’t resist taking this photograph. What a view!
[This walk was completed on Monday, 27th May, 2024]
The seals are out on the sand banks in the mouth of Loch Fleet. Too many to count. Sunbathing.
[This walk was completed on Monday, the 26th May, 2024]
What a difference a day makes! Yesterday, I walked in glorious sunshine. Today it is dull and rainy.
I cycle back to the spot where I ended yesterday’s walk, and chain my bike up beside a tree.
[This walk was completed on Saturday, 25th May, 2024]
Today is a day of high clouds, bright seas, and intermittent sunshine. Tide is high when I set off along the promenade from Golspie, heading south to a place called Littleferry.
[This walk was completed on Friday, the 24th May, 2024]
Today, I must fill in the missing gap. And, I have a very unpleasant cycle ride along the busy A9, with narrow lanes and a horrible surface to cycle on. Cars and lorries whizzing by my elbow. Frightening.
I head down the quiet lane in Crackaig (the road surface here is terrible too), and stop near the entrance to the campsite by the railway bridge. This is where I finished my walk on Tuesday. Chain up my Scooty bike near a stack of hay bales, and set off back up the little lane towards the A9.
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Incident number 1305Date: 30.08.26Site: Public footpath alongside of Egglestone Abbey near Barnard Castle. County Durham.Bull with cows and calves (Comment: very large brown cattle with small horns.)2 walkers with dog on a lead. Miley’s Report: “We were walking from woods towards grasslands alongside Egglestone Abbey. This was the only route back to the gate onto […]
Incident number 1303Date: 31.5.26Site: Between Lewes and Hamsey on the river footpath BN7I dog, on a lead, 2 walkers Description: “Chased by cows on footpath, not for the first time here but very scary. Our dog froze in panic making getting away from cows near impossible.We reported it to the council who have replied saying […]
Incident number 1301Date: 24.05.26Site: Roughly this: What3words:Punctuate.Otter.Fronted. Near Over Alderley, Hare Hill permissive path. 1 dog on lead, 3 walkers. RH’s report: “We were just walking and suddenly a group of cattle burst out of a field (from nowhere) and moved around us, not charging but getting quite close, agitated and shifting around restlessly with […]
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