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HILLWALKING in
SHIELDAIG PENINSULA
& the FALLS OF BALGY
TORRIDON MOUNTAINS
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Shieldaig & Balgy
Loch
Clair & Coulin
Beinn Eighe
River Kinlochewe
Coire Mhic
Shieldaig Peninsula & The Falls of Balgy - Wester Ross
Torridon Mountains a selection of mountains in the Wester Ross area just
up from the Isle of Skye on the West Coast of Scotland.
The first day proper of the
holiday started with a couple of easy soujourns, just to get the legs into
hillwalking mode and an attempt
at a little blood circulation. The weather was fine for the day despite
the attempts of the weather forecast to prove otherwise. As these reports
go you can call me a sceptic as I have wasted so many occasions waiting
for tornadoes, thunder, lightning and a multitude of other
meteorological events that have failed to occur.
The first walk was an easy three miler, which was the Shieldaig Peninsula. Travelling to the northern end of the village, I made my way past the primary school in order to pick up the path, once on the path the route is then self exploratory and goes through some forestry before opening out to give views of Upper Loch Torridon to the east
and Loch Shieldaig to the west with Beinn Alligin,
Liathach and
Alligin Shuas staight ahead. This is a loop the loop walk, taking you
round the headland and back to the original path. Some parts of the path
are indistinct so I went back the way I came. Two hours for the trip.After the peninsula I travelled about two miles along the A896 to try out the Falls of Balgy walk
.
The path is
not well sign posted but two gates within forty yards of each other on the
right hand side of the road start you off. The first 500yds, alongside the
stream, is straightforward enough, then the land starts to rise above the
stream and the path
becomes narrower and
you start to pick up the falls, which are gradual by most standards but do
carry on for a few hundred yards and are quite pretty to
see. Well worth the walk as the path opens out and you reach Loch Damh
with Ben Damph overshadowing on the left hand side. 2hrs. |
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