El Buste

Time to post here again I think. Been on a number of walks in the area here thanks to Wikiloc and my GPS! Today a circuit from the wee village of El Bustre:

Poppies out

Turning green

Communal wash house

A few more of Shetland

Scousburgh Sands

Easterfield Tresta

Brouster, Bridge of Walls

Across Loch of Collaster from Cursta Hill

Across Bay of Brenwell

Ling heather at Brenwell

Shetland various

A few pics from the last couple of weeks in Shetland:

Fethaland fishing station

Da Breesties croft

Boat at Burrastow

Muckle Bousta and Ronas Hill

Shadow at Melby

Ayre of Deep Dale

Summer storm on the Bousta skerries

Mangaster walkabout

A reasonable forecast so set off with Roger for a 10 mile circuit from Mangaster round the coast to Gunnister:

Pund of Mangaster

Pund of Mangaster

Millstones

Wall

Cairn

Sorley at Cairn

Mill Geos

Snowbuil and Setter of Ennisfirth

West Coast

A few days in the Oban area last week:

Kerrera Tea room sign

Nearly there!

The tea room

Reward!

Gylen Castle, Kerrera

Sorley at Gylen

Easdale, shopping barrows

Slate quarry Easdale

Loch Linnhe, Lismore and Ben Nevis from Kerrera

Road South on Lismore

Renovation on Lismore

Castle Coeffin Lismore

Kayaking with Shona on Loch Moidart

Castle Tioram

Sorley and Rum

Holiday house

April South Morar

A beautiful evening as I drove along the Road to the Isles:

Looking East over Loch nan Uamh

 This is where Bonnie Prince Charlie both arrived and finally left Scotland.

Evening in Mallaig with Skye in the background

Rum

Rum looking inviting but weather forecast not good so decided to change plans for the next day.

Stew and Graham on the path

 Went for a Corbett: http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/fortwilliam/sgurr-an-utha.shtml
Started off nice and sunny then the snow came in. Quite a lot on the ground so stayed off the top ridge

Sun out again for Jamie.

 We then drove along the road to near Polnish and the 5 mile walk into Peanmeanach on the Ardnish Peninsula. http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/fortwilliam/peanmeanach.shtml
The original 19th century paved path visible in places:

path

Shadow stick man on the old bridge

First drink at the bothy

The bothy was last occupied in 1942. Up to 90 people lived in this township, one of several on Ardnish.

bagged a room downstairs

 Not long after arriving we were joined by a group of paddler boarders, then 11 kayakers (who camped) and finally 4 walkers. Quite an invasion - following in the wake of the Vikings!

Bothy and beach

 We carried in coal and so had a very cosy evening by the fire. Wind got up and rain lashed the bothy in the night but we were cosy!

bothy

kayaks

from the beach

looking out to sea and Goat Island

Peanmeanach from the air

In the centre of the beach the top part of an original Viking naust (noost in Shetland) visible as a green indentation. This is where the longship was pulled up and kept onshore. Ardnish comes from Gaelic aird and Norse nish both meaning point.

the way back

The path had turned to a river overnight.

Loch Nan Uamh on the way back