South Erradale to Melvaig 21miles
Today was an all road day which was a nice change from yesterdays exertions. The first few miles were along a quiet track which took me firstly past Opinan then onto Port Henderson, Badachro and finally yet another Sheidaig.
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| Opinan |
Just after Sheildaig the rain came, I sheltered under a tree waiting patiently for the worst to pass but 15mins later I gave up and forged on regardless. The quiet road soon met up with the much busier A832 and it was "hope I don't get squished by a lorry" time, the road passed through Charlestown and finally into Gairloch
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| Gairloch Beach |
As you can see Gairloch has a fabulous beach, the facilities are a bit meagre but I finally found a pub that did lunch and so I was happy. The busy road tailed off north and I took the much more sedate B road towards my final destination of Melvaig. The sun had made a reappearance once I reached Big Sand which is another great descriptive name and really says it all about the place.
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| Big Sand |
The final few miles took me through North Erradale and Perterburn finally arriving in Melvaig where just as I was settling into my room for the night a Submarine went past the BnB in the bay, this is my first sighting of a submarine at see ever!
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| Caoles Beag |
Accommodation: Fionncroft, Melvaig. A small bnb run by a very nice lady who left a note on the front door telling me which room I was stopping in tonight. £40.00 BnB
I don't know if I'm looking forward to Scotland or dreading it. It looks beautiful. But not sure if I'll cope with the distances between places :/
ReplyDeleteI see other people like yourself and sometimes I get envious at the availability of support you have on your walks, this will be a great help in Scotland as you quite rightly pointed out that the distances between civilization can be long and torturous, but on the plus side I never seem to be too far from a road!
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