Ullapool
Glen Torridon / Loch Maree / Ullapool
Today we left the beautiful Isle of Skye and traveled to the North. Ten years ago at our last journey to Scotland we
had resolved to
discover the northern costal line anytime. After we packaged our tent we
ate the
breakfast in the camp site restaurant. To leave the Island it was not
necessary to use a ferry. There exists a modern bridge over the Kyle of Lochalsh. After
passing the bridge
we followed the main route 87 for a short distance and then we crossed
the Lochalsh to Stromeferry. Originally we wanted to visit the Strome
Castle but we did not found a castle nor a ferry over the Loch Carron. So we drove
around Loch Carron and used the road 896 along Glen
Shildaig and Glen Torridon. Especially the last part of Glen Torridon is
worth to see. To the left hand we could see the majestic Beinn Eighe, a Munroe
with a height of 3313 feet. In the valley to the right hand there are
remains of the original Scottish primeval forest, a light forest of
pines. Then we visited the Beinn Eighe Nation Nature Reserve. This is
the oldest nature reserve of Great Britain. There is an exhibition
about the dying of the ancient primeval forests and the efforts made to
afforest the Highlands today. Our visit at the Victoria Falls was very short.
It began to rain and we run away from millions of biting midges. After a
rainy ride along the beautiful Loch Maree we were sitting
inside the car at the campsite in Ullapool and tried to decide what
would be better: wait or pitch the tent in the rain yet. The construction of our
tent allows us to pitch it also in heavy rain but this is not
comfortable and maybe some things would be clammy and wet. We made
the decision to wait and fortunately after a short time the rain stops. |
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