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Friday 21st April 2023 At risk of sounding repetitive, we awoke to clear blue skies and the forecast was for a warm sunny day and no rain. We set up the walk by leaving a car at Blairmore car park and returned to the start of the walk near Laxford Bridge. Fortunately we have aContinue reading “Day 270 – Laxford Bridge to Blairmore 13.5 miles 1685′ ascent.”

Thursday 20th April 2023 We cannot quite believe it but it is a another clear morning and another warm day in prospect. We drove to a parking bay a couple of miles short of Laxford Bridge, left the Subaru there, returned to Duartmore and set off. After half a mile on the main road, weContinue reading “Day 269 – Duartmore to Laxford Bridge 16.4 miles 1906′ ascent”

Wednesday 19th April 2023 Another fine Scottish April morning with clear blue skies and every prospect of another hot day, albeit a bit breezy. We left one car in Duartmore, a mile or so beyond the old Duartmore road bridge and drove to Drumbeg to start the walk. The drive gave us an insight toContinue reading “Day 268 – Drumbeg to Duartmore 15 miles 1758′ ascent”

Tuesday 18th April 2023 We have to keep reminding ourselves that this is only the fourth month of the year.  We awoke to clear blue skies and the mountains around Inchnadamph looked wonderful.  The forecast suggests that we will once again have the warmest weather in the UK. The majority of today’s walk is aroundContinue reading “Day 267 – Stoer to Drumbeg 17miles 2764′ ascent”

Monday 17th April 2023 The forecast suggested a warm day but with the possibility of some rain. Looking out to clear, blue skies it seemed they may have been a bit over-cautious. We drove to Stoer and left the car at the village hall and then went back to where we finished the walk yesterdayContinue reading “Day 266 – Rhegreanoch (Inverpolly) to Stoer 15.9 miles 2021′ ascent.”

Sunday 16th April 2023 Today we awoke to a clear but cloudy day but the weather forecast predicted only a 5% chance of some light rain in the afternoon. We drove from Inchnadamph via Lochinver and left one car at the end of the walk just near Rhegreanoch in the Inverpolly Estate. We continued to PolbainContinue reading “Day 265 – Polbain to Rhegreanoch (Inverpolly) 15.9 miles 1678′ ascent”

Saturday 15th April 2023 Yesterday we drove from Cumbria to Ardmair where we stayed in a very nice B&B – Skylark.  We had fabulous views across Loch Broom to the Summer Isles and, amazingly after the recent rain, the weather was wonderful.  When we arrived we then ferried one car around to Polbain where today’sContinue reading “Day 264 – Ardmair to Polbain 14.6 miles 2626’ ascent”

Sunday 12th March 2023 Today’s walk is a relatively short road walk which is fortunate because we are leaving Poolewe and moving our base to Inchnadamph. This morning there was no frost and so we were off before 8.00 and drove to Ardmair. We left one car at the little car park for the natureContinue reading “Day 263 – Inverlael to Ardmair 12.4 miles 1266′ ascent”

Saturday 11th March 2023 I had a certain degree of anxiety about our proposed walk today because it involves walking along the southwest side of Loch Broom between the jetty at Altnaharrie (not named on OS maps) opposite Ullapool, to Newton Loggie; there is a path marked on the OS map but I could onlyContinue reading “Day 262 – Dundonnell to Inverlael 16 miles 2123′ ascent”

Friday 10th March 2023. Last night the frost was not as severe as the previous two nights and so we were off quite quickly. Unfortunately, though it was not as cold, there had been a fresh fall of snow and the gritting lorry doesn’t get here very early and so we had a very carefulContinue reading “Day 261 – Little Gruinard Bay to Dundonnell 16 miles 970′ ascent”