Tag Archives: Coast

342. Poolewe to Inverewe Gardens

Posted on October 12, 2021 by jcombe

September 2019 On my trip in July I had to cut back an intended walk from Aultbea to Poolewe on discovering my flight home was cancelled. At that point I had already planned the walks I intended to complete on … Continue reading →

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341. Grid reference NG872848 to Inverewe Gardens

Posted on October 5, 2021 by jcombe

September 2019 Two months earlier, I had to abandon my planned days walk (the last of that trip) which would have seen me get as far as Poolewe when I discovered that my flight home was cancelled and had to … Continue reading →

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340. Aultbea to grid reference NG872848

Posted on September 29, 2021 by jcombe

July 2019 This walk didn’t go as planned which is why the end point is where it is! Today was a Sunday and the last day of this trip. I hadn’t walked the coast in order on this trip (as … Continue reading →

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339. Aultbea to Laide

Posted on September 15, 2021 by jcombe

July 2019 This was the first day of my second trip of 2019 to the Scottish Highlands. I planned this trip back in October 2018. Despite this the only hotel I could find was the Caledonian Hotel in Ullapool. Again. … Continue reading →

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338. Dundonnell River to Laide

Posted on September 8, 2021 by jcombe

July 2019 After my previous there and back walk to Scoraig, it was time to make progress south. On this walk I’d be walking the western edge of Little Loch Broom and rounding the corner into Gruinard Bay and finish … Continue reading →

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337. Grid reference NH100919 to Badrallach and Scoraig (and back)

Posted on August 31, 2021 by jcombe

July 2019 This walk starts from a rather precise location (except it doesn’t), in that on my previous walk having crossed from the shore of Inverbroom lock this was the point I turned left (south) to get back to where … Continue reading →

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336. Dundonnell River to Inverbroom Bridge

Posted on August 16, 2021 by jcombe

May 2019 This was my last day of this trip and also a Sunday. This meant I had a deadline to meet (I needed to get to Inverness Airport in time for my flight home) and also no public transport … Continue reading →

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335. Inverbroom bridge to Ullapool

Posted on August 3, 2021 by jcombe

May 2019 Having now reached Ullapool I now had to get around Loch Broom. The west coast of Scotland is an indented coast full of many sea lochs. Some of the lochs have ferries across them but most don’t meaning … Continue reading →

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334. Rhue to the A835 (and back)

Posted on July 27, 2021 by jcombe

May 2019 My last walk had turned out to be a very long and demanding one, from Achiltibuie to Ullapool. The last part of that walk had taken me along the A835 which mostly ran along the coast so was … Continue reading →

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333. Achiltibuie to Ullapool

Posted on July 20, 2021 by jcombe

May 2019 Today I knew was going to be a tough walk as I’d be tackling the “posties path“. This is so called because when a postal service was established, Achiltibuie was not connected to the road network. So twice per … Continue reading →

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