After loading Bills camper with supplies we headed north through Edinburgh to the far north of Scotland. Traversing west through Tongue and Durness our first stop was to walk to Sandwood Bay,an 8 km trip to a remote beach owned by the Jon Muir Trust. Continuing our west coast drive through remote country and villages and the multitude of lochs, marvelling at the crofts and wondering what the occupants do to survive the harsh winters here. If you think NZ has remote places come to Wester Ross. The weather of course is living up to its reputation in Scotland and further more there has been 200% of the normal July rainfall in the Highlands, thank goodness we have only experienced a few days of it!
Driving has been great along the single track roads with much of the coastal landscape looking like northern Norway. Many opportunities are available for freedom camping often being able to look up at the mountains at overnight stops or out to sea viewing the many islands of Wester Ross and Sutherland. This is indeed impressive country.
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