504a Strathy Point to Strathy Bay

Posted on May 1, 2024 by Ruth Livingstone

[This walk was completed on the 16th May 2023]

I’m on my way to Strathy Point and the lighthouse. It’s a deceptively sunny day, because the landscape is raked by a freezing wind.

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503b Armadale Bay to Strathy

Posted on April 28, 2024 by Ruth Livingstone

[This walk was completed on Monday, the 15th May 2023]

I’m back at the car park above Armadale Bay, locking up my bike, pulling on my rucksack, and about to set off for the second part of today’s walk. First, I stop to breathe in the delicious scent of gorse, and to look at the view. Beautiful.

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503a Above Kirtomy to Armadale Bay

Posted on April 1, 2024 by Ruth Livingstone

[This walk was completed on Monday, the 15th May 2023]

I park my Scooty bike beside the turn-off to the Cnoc Mor relay station above Kirtomy. Can see the large mast on the hill in the distance, where I stopped to enjoy the views yesterday.

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502pm Swordly to Kirtomy

Posted on March 15, 2024 by Ruth Livingstone

[This walk was completed on Sunday, the 14th May 2023]

I’m going to follow another official “core path” over the hill and down into the next valley and through the settlement of Kirtomy. It’s only 1.25km away. Piece of cake!

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502am Bettyhill to Swordly

Posted on March 14, 2024 by Ruth Livingstone

[This walk was completed on Sunday, the 14th May 2023]

This will turn out to be another day of wonderful walking, despite the dodgy weather. I set off from my hotel, past a car park with some smelly public toilets and an electric charging point for cars. (There are a lot of these charging points dotted around the wilds of Scotland, but I have yet to see a car using one.)

Follwing the road down the hill, I pass a campsite. This is the cheap site which I nearly booked for last night, but opted for the expensive hotel room instead.

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501Torrisdale Bay to Bettyhill

Posted on February 20, 2024 by Ruth Livingstone

[This walk was completed on Saturday 13th May, 2023]

Torrisdale Bay is an immense tract of sand, and it takes me some time to reach the actual sea. Look at those lovely waves!

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501 Skerray and Torrisdale Bay

Posted on February 19, 2024 by Ruth Livingstone

[This walk was completed on Saturday, the 13th May, 2023]

My walk begins in Skerray, in the parking spot where I ended yesterday’s walk. It’s another beautiful day of sunshine, and I’m surrounded by the coconutty smell of gorse bushes in full bloom.

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500 (part 2) – Tongue to Skerray

Posted on February 17, 2024 by Ruth Livingstone

[This walk was completed on Friday, 12th May, 2023]

After walking around the shore of Lochan Dubh, I turn back for one last look at Ben Tongue (actually, NOT Ben Tongue, but Cnoc an Fhreiceadain, but I didn’t realise this at the time!). What a pretty view.

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500 (part 1) – Tongue to Skerray

Posted on February 16, 2024 by Ruth Livingstone

[This walk was completed on Friday, 12th May, 2023]

I start the day by driving to a place called Skerray, where I park my van, before cycling back to the campsite at Tongue. Chain up my bike in my camping spot, sling my rucksack on my back, and set off.

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Rest Day: Tongue camp site

Posted on February 14, 2024 by Ruth Livingstone

[Thursday, 11th May 2023]

I wake up in the night to the sound of rain falling on the van, and it rains most of the morning – just drizzle – but a low mist surrounds the camp site and everything feels damp. No views to be seen.

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