Monday 8 May 2017

Wednesday 3rd May - travelled 64 miles Moved up to the John Muir owned Blairmore car park, half way up the hillside in the morning to get ready for our walk into Sandwood beach ( 4 miles each way along a walking trail ) The car park had toilets , fresh water tap at the back and recycling bins , also good for wild camping .We decided to join the John Muir wildlands trust to provide a donation .Glorious sunshine again, feeling so euphoric about the weather this week compared to last week .We set off at 9.00am; the trail took us over lochs and lochans, and moor land ; we greeted wild ( canvas ) campers half way there who were returning from Sandwood beach after 2 nights. A deserted beautiful beach, Caribbean feel, huge slim stone stack at one end , pristine blue/green waters , achingly cold even when we dipped our toes in briefly , spotted one tent only wild camping in the grasses/dunes leading down to the beach .Picnic lunch on beach As we left , crowds of walkers joined us ( Carnegie club event ?) So we set a pace to overtake them and made it back to the car by 2 pm. We drove on, in wonderful sunshine , 18c, along the winding coastal route through the North West geo park, stopping to take lots of photographs and finally on to Lochinver where we wild camped in Calug community woods on the way to Inverkirkcraig, next to a small saw mill. Smoke from burning heather drifted over the loch from nearby hills towards us , depositing white ash on the roof skylights , but having turned the van towards the road for a speedy exit in case the heather caught fire near to us, we settled in snug- like in our cosy wildcamp spot overlooking Lochinver and watched Game of Thrones ,Lord Ned Stark , the hero gets decapitated at the end of series one ( shock,horror) and the horse cheiftan ' my sun and stars' also dies , in mourning .....

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