Day 6. Tuesday 29th April
An excellent hostel last night, sitting round the stove with a nice peat fire. There were only two of us there, myself and a Swiss cyclist.
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| John's Bunkhouse |
There was a light overcast in the morning and there had been a little rain overnight but the forecast was good and the wind light.
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| Looking back to Berneray and the causeway |
The route crossed the causeway to North Uist and after a short road walk climbed over Beinn Mhor with some good views to the Sound of Harris but much better was to come with the view of the land-water mix ahead.
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| Land or water? |
The area was truly beautiful with some perfect camping spots amongst the brackish water and only the sound of Curlew, Lapwing and Snipe until three Swans flew past in formation. It was magical.
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| Sea water |
Unfortunately much too early to stop, so after taking time to watch a pair of Lapwings chasing off a marauding gull I emerged onto the road where I met a survey team using a drone to map out the line of a new water pipe, much easier than the old method.
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| Farewell to the tidal flats |
I met several people walking the Way today, quite an international mix, some doing it slowly others not, but all south to north.
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| The island isn't quite sure if it is really land |
I spent some time debating with myself whether it would be worth an extra mile of walking to go to and from the café in Lochmaddy but in the end decided against it and continued on the long road section. Most of this was on the old road that had been replaced so was good traffic free walking.
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| The old road |
There is actually a forest where I turned off the road, this had been planted by the forestry commission as a trial. it looked successful to me.
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| The Way around the forest |
The hotel at Langais provided coffee and cake to keep me going for the rest of the afternoon on another boggy section to the campsite at Moorcroft.
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| More sea inlets |
A really good day that required my sun hat in the afternoon and apart from a lot of very squelchy bog was an excellent walk.
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| Moorcroft campsite |
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21 miles walked 500 meters ascent.
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