Category Archives: Scotland

Sligachan Hotel – Glen Sligachan – River Sligachan – Allt nam Fraoch-choire – Loch na Creitheach

Tuesday 23/05/2023   Sligachan Hotel – Glen Sligachan – River Sligachan – Allt nam Fraoch-choire – Loch na Creitheach

                                         Isle of Skye, SCOTLAND

                                    

Participants: Caroline Davies, Peter Davies, Sophie Davies, Stephen Davies and Sue Davies

We headed off as a party of five from Sligachan. To access the track we crossed a lovely stone bridge, dodging the gauntlet of tourists grabbing their Instagram shot before returning to the Sligachan Hotel or their cars. Then we passed a statue of two old white men before leaving behind the vast majority of people.

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Holyrood Park – Arthurs Seat – Edinburgh

Monday 15/05/2023   Holyrood Park – Arthurs Seat

                                        Edinburgh, SCOTLAND

Participants: Stephen Davies (Photos, Report), Sue Davies 

Back in Edinburgh, we would venture up to Arthur’s Seat regularly for our runs and walks. Arthur’s Seat is an extinct volcano that last erupted 350 million years ago and is now a grassy hill in Holyrood Park at the end of the Royal Mile. 

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Clachan Trail – Allean Forest

Wednesday 19/05/2023   Clachan Trail – Allean Forest

                                               Loch Tummel, SCOTLAND

                                    

Participants: Caroline Davies, Paul Davies, Peter Davies, Sophie Davies, Stephen Davies, Sue Davies

This was an exciting day as it was the first time in seven years since our last trip to Scotland that we had the chance to walk with my brother and his family. Although a very short, easy walk on wide open tracks today it offered pleasant, cool walking conditions through the forest. 

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The Prison – The Needle – The Table – Quiraing 

Wednesday 24/05/2023   The Prison – The Needle – The Table – Quiraing 

                                               Trotternish Ridge, Isle of Skye, SCOTLAND

                                    

Participants: Caroline Davies, Paul Davies, Peter Davies, Sophie Davies, Stephen Davies (Report, Photos), Sue Davies

Today’s walk began with very cold windy conditions. The first challenge of the day for many people was to chase their parking receipt the parking meters were spitting out directly into the breeze before most people could get a hand on it! We watched half a dozen people running along the road as their tickets blew away. I wonder how many people needed to buy a second ticket because of a poorly designed ticket machine.

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Coral Beaches – Claigan

Monday 22/05/2023   Coral Beaches, Claigan near Dunvegan

                                        Isle of Skye, SCOTLAND

                                    

Participants: Caroline Davies, Paul Davies, Peter Davies, Sophie Davies, Stephen Davies (Report, Photos), Sue Davies

Only a very short hike from the carpark at Glen Claigan but very worthwhile. The first challenge here is negotiating the drive from Dunvegan. Here, as elsewhere on the Isle of Skye, the road is single carriage with multiple short pullovers placed to enable vehicles can pass each other. Today was no different to the other days we had driven similar roads, lots of stopping and waiting with the occasional very large campervan’s rear view mirror passing above your vehicle!

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Old Man of Storr

Friday 21/05/2023   Old Man of Storr

                                     Isle of Skye, SCOTLAND

                                    

Participants: Caroline Davies, Paul Davies, Peter Davies, Sophie Davies, Stephen Davies (Report, Photos), Sue Davies

From our base at Portree, we drove north along the east coast of Skye to Lock Leather. The road is single-lane bitumen with frequent short wider areas for passing. Being mid-Sunday morning there was a lot of traffic around, much of it aiming for the carpark at the start of Old Man of Storr walk. This a paid carpark (5 pounds with a 6-hour limit) and the largest carpark north of Portree. 

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Allt Airdeasaidh with Sail Mhor

Allt Airdeasaidh Waterfalls

Monday 24/7/2017   Allt Airdeasaidh Waterfalls

                                      Ross and Cromarty, SCOTLAND

Participants: Caroline Davies, Peter Davies, Stephen Davies (Photos,  Report), Sue Davies

This short scenic walk is located to the south of the main road from Ardessie on Little Loch Broom. This area is on Scotland’s north coast just west of Dundonnell and virtually underneath the 767m high Sail Mhor.  Continue reading

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