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- Day 1
- Monday, September 2, 2019 at 11:32 AM
- 🌧 14 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
ScotlandVatersay Island56°55’38” N 7°32’4” W
Vatersay
September 2, 2019 in Scotland ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
Day 1, weather awful blowing a gale and lashing down with rain so Danni and i decided to make a start today instead of tomorrow. Slipped off a rock and swan dived 6 feet - nice soft landing in a bog.Read more
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- Day 2
- Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at 11:40 AM
- 🌧 14 °C
- Altitude: 6 m
- ScotlandBay Hirivagh57°0’47” N 7°25’34” W
Barra and Eriskay
September 3, 2019 in Scotland ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
Weather still awful at the start of the day but scenery magnificent! Went a bit off piste to avoid a very boggy section. Ferry ride to Eriskay and entertained by two passengers playing their musicalRead more
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- Day 3
- Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at 8:12 AM
- 🌧 12 °C
- Altitude: 11 m
- ScotlandLoch Dunakillie57°10’3” N 7°24’5” W
South Uist and Eriskay
September 4, 2019 in Scotland ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
A northerly gale blowing so Danni & I decided the sensible thing to do would be to walk north from my house southwards to Eriskay where Ian would pick us up and take us back home 😊 At least the sunRead more
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- Day 4
- Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 9:37 AM
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Altitude: 11 m
- ScotlandLoch Kildonan57°14’6” N 7°25’29” W
South Uist continued
September 5, 2019 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Askernish to Loch Druidibeg. Cool and breezy but much improved on yesterday. A pretty flat walk today the first part along the stunningly beautiful west coast then heading east into the moorlandRead more
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- Day 5
- Friday, September 6, 2019 at 11:46 AM
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Altitude: 10 m
- ScotlandArdivachar Point57°23’14” N 7°24’48” W
South Uist to Benbecula
September 6, 2019 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Ian dropped us off at Loch Druidibeg and we followed our own route rather than the “official” route as that would have been way too boggy. We headed over to the west coast and walked our wayRead more
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- Day 6
- Saturday, September 7, 2019
- ☀️ 12 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
- ScotlandCarinish57°30’59” N 7°17’7” W
Disaster strikes
September 7, 2019 in Scotland ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Dropped Danni at the Dark Island Hotel to resume her walk, meanwhile, having woken up looking like Daffy Duck i headed time see the emergency dentist who diagnosed an abscess 😭 he did a littleRead more
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- Day 7
- Sunday, September 8, 2019 at 1:13 PM
- ☁️ 14 °C
- Altitude: 39 m
- ScotlandLoch Langass57°34’19” N 7°16’51” W
North Uist
September 8, 2019 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
A very dreich day, Danni headed off first thing and i packed up and left the fab bunkhouse at Moorcroft. I headed round to meet Danni at Langass and had a short walk to meet her. Still feel pretty offRead more
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- Day 8
- Monday, September 9, 2019 at 12:39 PM
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Altitude: 21 m
- ScotlandPort nan Long57°41’49” N 7°11’39” W
North Uist, Berneray, Harris
September 9, 2019 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Danni set off and decided to stick to the road all the way to Berneray as the amount of rain will make the moorland sections pretty nasty! Walked back to meet Danni. Got the lunchtime ferry across theRead more
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- Day 9
- Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at 11:39 AM
- ☁️ 12 °C
- Altitude: 46 m
- ScotlandManish57°48’1” N 6°52’18” W
Harris and a yurt
September 10, 2019 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
A storm is coming in later so Danni headed up the Golden Road along the east side of Harris rather than the longer more exposed west coast route and then over the Coffin Road. We got settled down inRead more
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- Day 10
- Wednesday, September 11, 2019
- ☁️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 23 m
- ScotlandHarris57°53’53” N 6°47’57” W
Tarbert, Harris
September 11, 2019 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
A short day for Danni walking and i mostly drank coffee. Saw the Ozzie guy Neil who is still going strong and still heading north.
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- Day 11
- Thursday, September 12, 2019
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Altitude: 35 m
- ScotlandAird a Mhulaidh57°59’42” N 6°45’43” W
Scaladale
September 12, 2019 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
I’m feeling much better now so i parked up and walked up into the hills to meet Danni, spectacular scenery and i saw two Golden Eagles overhead. We stayed overnight at the Scaladale Hostel and wereRead more
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- Day 12
- Friday, September 13, 2019
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitude: 60 m
- ScotlandBalallan58°5’36” N 6°35’34” W
Balallan - Lewis
September 13, 2019 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Weather pretty rough and another storm is forecast to come in tomorrow so Danni took the opportunity to get as far as she could. If we were both still on foot we would be a bit stuffed! We’d alreadyRead more
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- Day 13
- Saturday, September 14, 2019
- 🌧 15 °C
- Altitude: 11 m
- ScotlandStornoway58°12’43” N 6°23’27” W
Stornoway - the end!
September 14, 2019 in Scotland ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
An awful day weather wise and we were very glad that we hadn’t got to walk 18 miles in torrential rain and winds gusting to 50mph. I dropped Danni at Achmor then went and dropped the van at LewsRead more
