Walking to Cape Wrath, Day 23, June 2, 2022
Walking to Cape Wrath, Day 23, June 2, 2022 SORRY— this one is out of order, too many days out in the glens A day of two passes, divided by some time in a pub. It rained a bit in the night, just enough to give each blade of grass a crown. As I wanted […]
Walking to Cape Wrath, Day 25, June 4, 2022
Walking to Cape Wrath, Day 25, June 4, 2022 I stopped briefly at a bothy this afternoon and had a conversation with Simon, a man walking part of the Cape Wrath Trail. He had settled in for the day while I was planning to push ahead to the next bothy about 8 km further on. […]
Walking to Cape Wrath, Day 24, June 3, 2022
Walking to Cape Wrath, Day 24, June 3, 2022 Quite possibly the most beautiful walk I’ve ever taken. Woke early as the Munro baggers were itching to get started and my bunk was just above theirs—had coffee with them later, a good lot. I was the only one walking out what for many is the […]
Walking to Cape Wrath, Day 22, June 1, 2022
Walking to Cape Wrath, Day 22, June 1, 2022 A short distance from where I was yesterday lies Rannoch, or as the poet once designated it, “Rannoch, by Glencoe.” I try to imagine T.S. Eliot walking these hills. An American from St. Louis, desperate to be an Englishman, travels to Scotland, and surprisingly, in the […]