Until Next Time Knoydart! Friday. 14/08/2015 On Friday morning we packed away our tent and gathered all our belongings. We sat down at the bunkhouse for a while, had a cuppa before heading to the little café for lunch. We dropped our bags by the pier, under an open shed and went on a last […]
Hello girls! Thursday. 13/08/2015 Thursday morning began on a glorious day and we were wrestling with our options. It being to either attempt one of Knoydart munros (A Munros is any of the 277 mountains in Scotland that are at least 3,000 feet high (approximately 914 metres). or to go on a less challenging walk. We […]
Occasion Manquée! Wednesday. 12/08/2015 On Wednesday, Tom and I decided to stay near the campsite and explore the surroundings. We hoped to do more mussel picking that day. Also from the start of our trip, Tom had been talking about hoping to see some sea otters and we were told that it would be possible […]
Easy Peasy! Tuesday. 11/08/2015 The next morning we left the Knoydart Foundation Bunkhouse, to set camp on the campsite nearby. At that point we weren’t sure if we would embark in another trip to wild camp somewhere else or stay near commodities in case another epic rain fell upon us. Tuesday was a pretty easy […]
How it changes! Monday. 10/08/2015 We woke up on Monday morning to a glorious sunshine. It was rather hot that day and we went for a quick morning dip before heading out to carry on our peninsula round circuit. We had to cross a river and I’ll admit I was a bit apprehensive. The rocks […]
Meeting Seals! Sunday 09/08/2015 Our plan for the day was to get to the other side of the peninsula. Tom was hoping that we could do a round circuit in a day, but the walk was promising to be a steep one and this was my first trekking trip. I am reasonably fit and I […]
Death by Nature! Sunday 09/08/2015 It is often said that the simple things are the most enjoyable things in life. The night before was pretty scary. Our tent was sheltered by a rock wall which helped with the rainy and windy night, but we were on a slope and I remember waking up several times […]
