It’s grim up North !

Tuesday 19th October 2010

The weather has still not improved, with a poor forecast for all week in Poolewe…

So, I’m heading into the hills again, for more fun.

I’m going to Torridon, for a couple of days.

I may then go onto Skye for a couple of days,

and then start wending my was homewards,via Fort William, Ben Nevis and Glencoe…all dependent on weather, and my leaky boots !!

I probably won’t be able to update for a few days….

So, Keep smiling and having fun ! (I will)

Edited later….

when I left Poolewe campsite, I drove to the head of the peninsula surrounding Loch Ewe, to the old wartime gun installations, and lookout posts.. the convoys that were sent to relieve Russia, were assembled here, and many set out …never to return, it’s a wild and windy place now, so goodness knows what those young servicemen and women found it to be in the 1940 ‘s

 

 

I managed to look from a distance at the old gun installations, and remains of the lookout posts..

 

and when I returned down the hillside, I found Wally …had been collecting the sheep, ready for ‘tuppin ! (If you don’t know….don’t ask)

she always liked sheep !

From there I returned along the peninsula, to a sandy deserted ( but windswept) beach, must be nice on a warm day (whenever that is) , ominously I could already see in the distance the mountain tops, covered in snow !

I travelled around the coast, alongside Loch Maree, where I could see the imposing bulk of Slioch, brooding at the top of the Loch , not this time I said !

and drove into Torridon itself, where I’d been many times before, and as usual it didn’t dissapoint…cold, wet,windy, and totally inhospitable - Welcome back !

and a nice climbers car park for us to stay on…with the wind howling, and hailstones battering Wally all night !