Sunday 5th June
The start of our North
Coast 500 journey. After the usual morning chores and breakfast we
set off from the CC site to find our way through Inverness. Although
the day started very cloudy the weather steadily improved becoming
sunny and very warm.
Our fist stop was at
the Rogie Falls on the River Blackwater. We had an excellent walk to
the falls through conifer woodland and I took plenty of photos.
Button had a swim in the river to cool off, we didn't! We continued
on our journey through superb Highland scenery before stopping for a
sandwich and a coffee at Lochcarron.
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| Woodland scene at Rogie Falls |
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| Lyn and Button on the suspension bridge at Rogie Falls |
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| Rogie Falls |
The next part of the
journey was over the Bealach na Bà.
In places a 1 in 4 climb with hairpin bends. We had to stop a couple
of times to let Morag cool down but made it to the top with no real
problems. The view from the top was very impressive. This road is the
highest road pass in Britain at over 2000 feet.
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| Looking up the Bealach na Ba |
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| View from one of Morag's rest stops |
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| The four of us at the top of the pass |
The
journey down from the pass was easy and we arrived at the Applecross
campsite at about 5 o'clock. We took Button for a walk through the
site and nearby woodland before making our way to the Applecross Inn
for dinner.
Spectacular!
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