You made the walk to fada look easy. One of my fave places there. Cool that you went off piste into kinlochewe very interesting. For the life of me i can't find ben eighe on the map. Your jacket looks wicked, hopefully it keeps you dry tomorrow.
I really like that section down to Fada and then onto Loch Marie. I'm glad I did it when it was dry as that route south to North would be a hell of a climb and impassible in wet weather as well as dangerous. You would deffo not like it with your fear of heights
That coffin road is steep owing down so going up woo hoo. I've been on the Waverley. Got the fridge magnet. Jelly babies, bite their frickin head off, hilarious. Love that camp spot at strath na sealga. Great going Iain.
I was dreading that hike up there as I remember well coming down it! I just took it easy. But that camp site I got was awesome and I started a fire in the river bed. Not a soul near me! I would go back up there and camp or stay at Shenevall and hike the Monroes in the Fisherfields. What a place!
Tried to follow you on the Harvey map from oykel bridge to your camp site but it was confusing. I remember the hut at the camp spot but all the ground was quite boggy so great you got a camp spot and what a spot. Superb off piste walk to the waterfalls. Sketchy footbridge, uff. Then suddenly ullapool. I liked ullapool. No rest day? Another great episode, great to watch nice one.
Yeah that was a great alternative and I would recommend that route via the official trek up to Oykel bridge. Those waterfalls in spate would be awesome!
Thoroughly enjoyed watching your journey in this set of videos and a shame you caught a bug at the end. Thank you for putting these together and sharing your thoughts. Take care Mick.
Hi Iain, hope you're better now?/! I've wanted to do that walk since doing the Affic Kintail a few years back, especially north to south as a pint or two at the Cluanie would be well earned. All the best Jase
Thanks Jase! Yep all better. It took about 3 days to get my energy back so I made the right call. That section of the Affric Kintail way was stunning! You should deffo attempt the walk or do it in sections if you live in the UK. It's fabulous. Just hope it doesn't get too busy like the WHW., which I seriously doubt.
What a way to end the trip, such a shame. Great series of videos, enjoyed them immensely. Are you going to do another summary video like you did last time, would love to hear your thoughts on doing it north to south.
Morning Iain. Wow that was a rough day, your first real bout of manky weather and a bout of Delhi belly! As you say though you were nearly there so common sense prevailed. I’ve loved every minute of following your journey, seems an age since you started! 🤣 All the very best mate 😀🥾⛰🏕️🏴
Yeah, just unfortunate but I can't complain as I had the best weather and a fantastic time. Off to Japan and Korea for a month shortly! Age, it's awesome!
What a misty damp start to today. Yep good navigation was needed I'm sure. I agree that the Harvey map is not enough. Easy to miss that turn off, not much of a cairn was it. ? Go ahead admit it, I sign up. You says it as you sees it that's for sure but I get your humour. You're very entertaining Iain. You passed the one sign for the cape wrath trail. Cool. Best Cullen skunk at oykel bridge. Nice one Iain.
Thanks for following along Niall. As you will hear I refer to you and Lisa a lot on this walk. In fact the 2nd last episode I even say hello to Lisa swinging on her swing! Yeah that was a strange old day. The cows were beautiful and that night I met a man, James Baxter who was hiking the trail. This guy was amazing. He is even in the Guinness book of records as being the oldest man to solo the north pole unsupported !!!
Hi iain. Omg that boulder field just after glendhu, thats tough going. Where was all the ferns and the tics? Such wonderful views from up high there on the way to glencoul. Lovely singing, thats the tune to an old scouts song, we'll do the hailing, when all the ships are outa sailing. Great to hear that melody again. Interesting to see the way to loch gorm. Ive heard its really tough in the rain so youre doing well with the weather. What a white out, uff. Fantastic camp spot, you did the right thing staying there. Great episode.
Yeah that hike was pretty brutal that day.. especially on the hike up from Glencoul bothy and when that mist rolled in I was getting anxious for sure. Glad it happened when it did because the peat hags I just came through really was like Gollum guiding Frodo through the swamps in Lord of the Rings. That section would be hellish in the rain!
Hi iain. Wonderful start to the episode, great weather and a good path. I remember the boathouse and that cool camp spot. I wish we had carried on and camped there as we had a torrid time camping further back past the second loch, which was our first loch coming the other way. We tried to camp by the beach where you took a dip but couldnt get the pegs in securely so went higher which had other problems. Stunning views on day two. Thanks for the mention. I think the perceived length of the track to or from glendhu depends on the weather and you had unrelenting heat like us which seems to add to the length. In my opinion glendhu is a better bothy to stay in than glencoul which you pass tomorrow. The guy with the ticks , well i found the path between glendhu and glencoul to be infested with ticks, so many landed on us but with long trousers and gaters we were ok. Captivating episode Iain bringing back so many wonderful memories.
I had watched your.videos again before I did that section as I remember well the heat and the ticks , horseflies you went through. For sure Glendhu is way better bothy to stay in. The other one is so small. As it happens I mention Lisa in the episode I posted this week as you will hear later on the journey! :-)
Morning Iain. Blimey, that was an eventful start to the day mate, but what a great day it turned out to be, beautiful scenery again. Lovely to see other parts of the CWT that the standard ones on everyone else’s trails. Those views at the end……I must admit I do fancy the Affric Kintail way. All the best mate 😀⛰🥾🏴🏴
@@stevetock8065 lol..yeah Steve. Whilst editing the video I noticed that whilst walking back to where I camped right at the start it was on the end of my pole. Then just before I headed down to cross the river I noticed it has gone. So must have dropped it around right where I camped! That was a long old day and the look on Kerra's face whom I met whilst singing out loud on the trail going down into Morvich was priceless. She could hear me from the bottom of the hill. 🤣
Hi Iain. How nice to stay in Sandy's bothy with a fire. The views you captured are wonderful. The bridge from the second bothy, uff, nice to see it as we didn't go that way. Nice to see the stadium of the mighty kinlochbervie again. I remember visiting the loo where you pitched by the police station. Great memories he he he. A really enjoyable watch Iain.
@@tubbatravels Glad you liked it Niall. It just gets better. I mention you quite a bit on the walk down to Glendhu bothy as you will hear in later episodes!
Hi Iain. That looked a tough old day in the trail. I had to chuckle though, as I had similar yesterday. I’d plotted a route in OS maps. There was a point that I was meant to be on a steep traverse path down the side of the hill. I’m away to inform OS that the path isn’t fecking there! 🤣🤣 Loved the phone box, and what a novelty to see a phone in it. All the best mate 😀⛰🏕️🥾🏴
Yeah it was for sure but next episode is by far the toughest day! Over 20 miles and 4000ft elevation gain in a day. Yeah, don't you just love it when the OS maps shows you a trail and you are like What?
Hi Iain. The ferry boat is a speedboat now or was it just laid on for their special guest? I recognised the driver sat by you i think but no bus? I do not think i would, could have walked to the ozone for dinner, fair play to you. Great first episode ya ba da ba doo.
@@tubbatravels lol .it was a bit of a cockup..the road was not drivable in a section due to major potholes so no regular bus was running. However, a group chartered the bus wanting to go to the lighthouse so he put on a special run. However, the ferryman didn't like him driving on the road making it worse so they got into a discussion and came to an agreement that they would do this one run. However as you saw the big boat wasn't running so he could only take over 2 people at a time. I went first with the bus driver and started walking on the other side. But it turned out the charter group said it would take too long and bailed! Leaving myself and 2 other hikers a long walk to the lighthouse!!!
@@FlyingScot it was great to see the bothy as we didn't go there. Probably one of if not the best bothy ever. I'm looking forward to watching your next episode.
Hi Iain, shame the weather closed in but the views are still great. Love the station. People do drive like loons and you have to careful you don't get sided up, I come across this all the time in the Yorkshire Dales
Thanks Steve. Yeah I had to bleep my cursing at the van that passed me. More of a road walk this episode but beautiful Coulin estate and meeting Peter who walked from Fort William to Kinlochewe in 5 days was crazy! The next few episodes step up the exhaustion level, starting with a very short train ride to Attadale!
Hi Iain. Brilliant mate, even in the rain Scotland is beautiful, and the little train ride at the end just tops off the days adventure. Love the idea of flagging a train down! 🤣🤣 I managed to get a beautiful day in the mountains this weekend for a change. Haha All the best mate.
Hi Iain - Do you mean facbook group "Cape Wrath Trail Guide Group"? If not, this one is also great!! :) Edit: Actually, I've just seen a number of your posts lol.
The Sgur Ban slabs at Loch an Nid are made up of pipe rock, which once were the burrows of a worm type creature. The burrows are all fossilized and make quite a grippy surface. I have some videos up on my channel of us cycling them, great fun.
Wow Ewen! Just viewed your video of the slabs. I had no idea the quartzite up there was so vast. That's amazing! Thanks for informing me about them. For anybody camping at the side of Loch an Nid on the CWT, it would be a great little adventure to climb up there and see these.
@@FlyingScot The 'smaller' one at 600m long is probably the most impressive as just one piece of rock. The larger one above Loch an Nid is broken with a cliff band but equally mad in its size at around 2km long.
Thanks Shaheen! And I love the recipes on your channel page. Always like to see what other people post on RU-vid when they comment! Your beef Nihari recipe looks tasty. I'm going to give that a try!
Amazing video, Ian! Perfect for planning the last/second section of my CW trip next may. Pray for the same weather. Cool when RU-vidrs meet other youtubers. Just watched @floordenil's films which are also amazing
Looks not a bad route that Ian. What would it be like going up the way? How did you get on with your pack? Been looking at the Arc Hail but with all the add ons it looking about £600 😮
Yeah I've used that pack twice now on the CWT. It's great. Mine is a the Arc Blast which has been superceded by the.Arc Haul Ultra.but it's only $399 over here for the 60L. I added the pocket on the front,$43,the water pouch, $30 and the chest pack, $75 so pretty expensive but all in around $550 which is around 400 UK pounds. I think you get hit with import duties? Its a real tough climb going up to Loch an Fada via that route and there are a couple of treacherous water crossings on extremely steep hill side where the path has been washed away. You will see that in the video.
Hi Iain. You’re right the weather has turned. You met some characters on this stage didn’t you. The Polish Dad looked like Big Foot! 🤣🤣 The tough valley at the end reminded me very much of the path down Gasgale Gill in the Lake District. All the best mate, have a grea5 weekend. 😀🥾⛰🏕️🏴🏴
It was another great day! So lucky Dave! The weather changes in the next episode and I take a route I expect most have not taken. From Loch an Fada down to Loch Marie and into Kinlochewe!
@@FlyingScot it definitely has a certain aura about it. Sitting there on a bleak hillside. A bit like the Tarf Hotel. That definitely has an ambience about it.
Hi Iain, wow, what a diversion that was, well well were the detour. Those waterfalls were absolutely beautiful. Bit disappointed we didn’t see any footage of you crossing that footbridge! 🤣🤣 All the best mate 😀🥾🏕️⛰🏴
Yeah I was surprised how great that detour was. That bridge was sketchy but the annoying thing was that the farm had a fence all around it right next to the river and right up to the main suspension bridge that crosses it into their property so you couldn't get access to it and I had to cross the river!
Yeah Steve the weather was awesome. So lucky with no midges either. Certainly tougher North to South for me. The climb up the 4x4 track from Glencoul bothy is really steep and the climb up as you will see later when I avoid going up the Glomach falls over to Morvich is brutal!
Hi Iain, you visited the Schoolhouse on the day I stopped there and camped that night only a few hundred yards from where I pitched the previous night. Great to see the sunshine and blue skies before the weather took a turn. All the best Jase
Yeah I seem to have been so lucky with the days I picked. Just by pure luck I took a different track from the schoolhouse bothy to East Rhidorroch and then via the waterfalls as you saw were beautiful in the 2nd half of the video.
Yeah it's an ok walk but just long. However just finished editing this section from North to South for release tomorrow and I went a different way which was gorgeous via Glen Douchary. Waterfalls galore!
Hi Hard long slog in the damp, must say I have a berghaus Paklite jacket 19 years old still ok and I screw it up in packs, another 3 layer but heavy winter jacket perfect after years, yet a recent one does get wet ! How time changes the quality ! I would love non goretex boots but the make and model I use is only goretex 😕 Nice rant !! Cheers Adrian
Yeah the those held up well for the return journey back in May. I moved to a revolution race jacket which is heavier but fully waterproof. Mind you didn't have much chance to use it as the weather this year in May was glorious!
