From near Blue John Cavern
This morning we left the car in the car park for Blue John Cavern and walked a short way to find a great spot to get some photos from.
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walking
Peak District
As the weather was not great, rather than walk in the hills we thought we would go to Bakewell and follow a short section of a walk Diana had sent me. She had watched a television program where Tony Robinson had been walking in the Peak District and exploring the history of the area. Diana had sent me a PDF, she had got from the show website – so we had a plan.
First stop was Bakewell.
We fled from the tourists and walked up to All Saints Church – where we had an excellent tea and home made cake. (Well Richard had coffee!)
Ratatosk – from the Anglo-Saxon Cross in the churchyard.
Then we moved onto Ashford-in-the-Water – where like Branston there is a Sheepwash.
Sheepwash Bridge
Following lunch by the river we walked up to the Magpie Mine – but using mainly footpaths rather than the suggested road route.
Magpie Mine
Back at the campsite the evening was nice enough to cook and eat outside.
Neist Point
I walked out to Neist Point and the lighthouse. It is pretty remote for Skye – not many houses, lots of sheep and seagulls and the best 3G I have had on this side of the island!
Once down on the rocks taking photographs, I spent an hour or so watching 7 or 8 basking sharks feeding. Some getting reasonably near to the cliffs where I was standing.
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I have some video of the sharks that I will upload later.
Walking – Culbin Forest
Culbin Forest was planted to hold back and stabilise the sand dunes, consequently the forest floor is sandy and the trees go right up to the shoreline.
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The wooden poles are defences left over from World War II.
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Culbin Forest
It rained all last night – but it had stopped before breakfast this morning. I had planned to do a bit of shopping in Inverness and then go onto Nairn and the Culbin Forest. This was a good choice as the best of the weather was along this coast, I could see heavy rain all around me in the distance but it was excellent weather where I was.
When I got back to the camp site it had been raining here during the day.
At Clubin I walked through the forest and out to the coast where I had a good view across the water.
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Walking – Balblair
Today I drove out towards Bonar Bridge where I found a forest walk with some great view points back over the mountains – and lots of fungi.
not Bonar Bridge
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Walking – Loch Achilty
It is a short drive from the Dingwall campsite to Loch Achilty – where I spent the day walking around the Loch and forest area.
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