On Sunday Hilary and I did our planned walk from Badrallach to Scoraig on Little Loch Broom. It’s about 14 km out and back, and I have done it before with James. Meanwhile James was cycling in from Black Bridge to climb Beinn a' Chaisteil.
We were joined by Steven and Heidi and had a lovely walk and chat. The footpath is easy to follow and undulates along the hill side, with a few steep sections as it goes round the promontory, and the bracken and trees were displaying their bright and warm autumnal colours. The weather was sunny and breezy but every hour or so a shower of rain would sweep over us. It was quite spectacular - you could see each shower travelling up the loch towards us. The first time it happened I put on my waterproof trousers, only for the shower to have passed by the time I got them on. So the next time I didn’t bother putting them on, and although my trousers got a bit wet they soon dried in the wind.
The village of Scoraig is an interesting wee place; it’s inaccessible by road so the people who live there have to either walk in on the footpath from Badrallach like we did, or travel by boat from the road on the other side of Loch Broom. I think that many of the population have boats because although it’s really beautiful, I think you could get very tired of walking that long and narrow path every time you needed to go anywhere. They seem to lead a fairly self-sufficient life with wind turbines, vegetable patches and even a wee school. There is also a fantastic “pay what you like” café in a conservatory attached to one of the houses, with delicious home baking which we enjoyed very much. It was an enjoyable walk with excellent company.
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