Knoydart August 2025

For reasons that now escape me, I decided that one thing I absolutely must do is walk from Kinloch Hourn, in Inverness, to Inverie.
Kinloch Hourn, a hamlet with a population of 4 or 5 at most, lies at the end of a 23 mile long dead end singletrack road. Inverie, population 104 on a good day, is 16 miles away along a very rough, and often barely discernible, footpath, and has the distinction of being the most remote village in mainland Britain, as it is only reachable by sea from Mallaig or on foot over a mountain pass. It's in an area called Knoydart which is one of the wettest places in Britain with an annual rainfall of 150 inches (3810mm.)

So this is me, having paid a taxi driver an eye watering amount of money to drop me off in the middle of nowhere in pouring rain and a strong wind. The large orange bag in the boot of the car is the waterproof cover from my rucksack, which blew off the following day as I was crossing a mountain pass, although I didn't realise that until I reached my destination.Read more