Despite both waking early we don’t get up, our bodies appreciate the extra few hours. A low white fog has rolled in and remains all morning. The ferry which connects Skye with the island of Raasay bleets out every so often. We’re hiking for 9:30am and return to the main road. It is almost eerily … More Day 4 on the Skye Trail
I wake at midnight and poke my head out the tent door in hopes of seeing the northern lights, nothing…but it is wonderfully peaceful. The crescent moon hangs over the nearby hills and the occasional car zips by on the other side of the reservoir. Stars are dotted here and there and I return … More Hiking Skye Trail – Day 3
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
