leave after a breakfast in the morning at 07:00 I Websters and make my way to Sandwood Bay from there Cross Country to Cape Wrath to come. As it is still very early , I walk a little by the tranquil port town.
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| The new port, Kinlochbervie |
Waterfront building is also a poster on the exercise mode on the training area of Cape Wrath. As previously announced are also here to no exercise dates in the coming days. So it goes a road up to Oldshoremore.
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| the beach at Oldshoremore |
The beautiful beach, take place in the otherwise kitesurfing competitions, invites you to a short break. So hurry down the road taken to the beach.
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| beach of Oldshoremore |
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| beach of Oldshoremore |
After a few more miles of paved, narrow streets to reach the path to Sandy Wood Bay. From here on it is about 5 km to the beautiful beach. The path is laid out nice and in very good condition and, despite the deep Torfmoor right and left quite dry.
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| Sandwood Bay, on the south side |
So down to the beach, fought through the dunes and the beach ran deep and the water. The beach looks a bit like a South Seas beach, the water looks really inviting. The water temperature of something above 10 ° C is rather less welcoming.
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| Sandwood Bay, beach |
Strangely, there is also a strange smell, a strange odor of decay. What from a distance looked like a gray rock, emerged from the vicinity as beached whale. I'm going for a porpoise.
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| dead whale |
farther After a pause, it goes further north. A correct path is not visible, so follow I am a wildlife trail. However, it was still before the broad outflow of Loch Sand Wood cross. This was indeed intended 20m wide, but it so flat that you could overcome it with dry-shod boots.
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| hole sand Wood, Wood Sand Bay |
So I've turned up the flanks of the hill. The climb is exhausting, but straightforward.
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| Looking back over Loch Sand and Sand Wood Wood Bay |
, while descending through a layer of peat exposed down I fall down and slide away unhappy, while I break one of the two trekking poles. My foot gets a little off, but I can see only half an hour later. Because of my foot then begins to ache, I decide the day once in the nearby Bothy "Strath Chailleach" to end. After half an hour, the Bothy is reached.
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| Strath Chailleach |
was in the Bothy it dry peat, that is only once a peat fire in the fireplace ignited and hung up to dry the wet clothes on. The fire radiates a comfortable temperature, the peat burns very hot and gives off a pleasant Torfgeruch, the visitors to Scotland is well known.
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| from peat fires in Strath Chailleach |
even fix dinner cooked and then relaxed the day, in the hope that the foot is fully up again tomorrow in order.
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