After a torrential downpour we headed out for a walk taking in Cave Dale and Winatts Pass. The scenery was spectacular and we had blue skies and sunshine. And then we popped in the Swiss House for a beer!
Cave Dale
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Delemere Forest walk
Coniston water walk
Today we walked out along Coniston Water, some of it literally Lakeside and some of it we couldn’t get close because of private landowners. We headed into Coniston and then a steep climb back out and around.
You only get wet once
Wise words from a passing walker on the Coniston Fells this morning. In actual fact when you set off in the rain you get wet and you stay wet and that’s exactly what happened on today’s walk. I have talked a lot about colours on our walks and today the colour was orange it was beautiful. We walked across the fells towards the quarry where we could see a waterfall and then down in to Torver and then we followed the disused railway back to the van. It was a 5 mile walk in all so a couple of hours and we were rewarded with carrot and parsnip soup (homemade) more orange.
Hello Dunbar, hello the coast, & hello wind it’s been a while
After a brief visit to the Royal Yacht Britannia in Leith we arrived in Dunbar. We set up our van and the awning in the knowledge that it is going to get very windy. The campsite is lovely (if not open), it’s situated just south of Dunbar the birthplace of John Muir. He emigrated to USA aged 11 and he became famous for helping to instigate USA National Parks. Tim and I first became aware of him when we cycled through the John Muir Woods in San Francisco on the last day of our 1500 -18 day cycle of Oregon and California in 2017. We brought some engraved driftwood with one of his quotes and it sits in our conservatory. ” The mountains are calling and I must go”. So I am very excited to be in his birthplace and hopefully tomorrow we will get to see his statue. But today we walked along to the lighthouse because as we all know I do love a lighthouse.
Glen Tanar National Nature Reserve
Aviemore & the orbital walk
Ullapool on route
Clachtoll
We loved this campsite and the situation of it. Picture – rocks, a sandy beach, beautiful blue sea and blue skies and a quirky little campsite, it was magical, it was just a shame that we experienced driving rain and 50mph winds for most the time we were there. We even had to sleep downstairs on the second night. But there was a little solace in the middle of our stay when we saw a little sunshine so we had a lovely walk out across the headland to Split rock and then inland. I was also able to fit in a small swim. The campsite was lovely a small independent site with nice facilities including a fire pit area, dog area with treats and balls, a dishwashing area with a table books and games, telescope and laundry. It was just lovely and we were made to feel very welcome by Andy and Tom.
Later on that day I was able to go for a swim in the little cove next to Clachtoll beach. The water got deep fairly quickly but it was lovely 13.6c it started to rain as I got in but it didn’t matter. I was very careful of the current as the pull felt very strong.
Moving on again!
We left Dornoch with a heavy heart. It just goes to show that sometimes even the big commercial sites can still be good and this one didn’t disappoint. It had the feeling of being quite intimate although it wasn’t. And besides anything it was located in a beautiful village (where Madonna and Guy had Rocco christened at the cathedral), home to the most amazing hot chocolate and beautiful long sandy beach with crystal clear water.
So we headed to Brora but not without visiting Golspie Waterfalls first.
We got to our new campsite and it was a camping and motorhome one about 2km from Brora. Again the same beautiful golden sandy beaches (through a golf course).
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