We’ve slept in – or by hiker standards we’ve overslept :p Hiking from 7:30am we follow the track arrive at Rubha Hunish which is the northern point of the headland and houses a bothy. We arrive to an international crowd with folk from New Zealand, Netherlands, Germany, Czech, UK and the US. Some were rolling … More Day 1 -Hiking the Skye Trail
Setting off at 6am, we drive through Edinburgh and out into the Highlands. We make good time and arrived at the campsite in Boardford for 1pm-ish. We swiftly don our hiking gear, swapped into our hiking shoes, leave my car keys with reception and booked a nights stay upon our return. Heading out to the … More Hitch-hiking to the start of the Skye Trail
I wake to the sounds of a stag barking at 2am, this goes on accompanied with stomping through the undergrowth. I roll over and wake at 5am. I’m slow to mobilize and I’m not hiking until after 6am. I see four does and two stags frolicking around, they eye me with suspicion. Eight miles to … More Day 4 Finishing my South Downs Way Solo Hike
For once my alarm wakes me, I must be tired and perhaps the shelter of the trees tricks my body into thinking it’s still night time. I’m slow to get up and go. I follow the rocky track as it leads the way, dividing two fields. One harbours sheep and the other with a family … More Day 3 Hiking the South Downs Way Solo
As usual I wake before my alarm and feel well rested despite sleeping on a narrow track stomped out by sheep. I’m stiff though as I hobble around starting my day. My two little toes both have blisters. I carefully plaster what I can and walk on. Returning to the road, I follow it before it … More Day 2 Hiking the South Downs Way
