More Exploring Uist

February 5, 2009 on 11:00 pm | In Hillwalking |

I am co-authoring a Guide Book to Sea Kayaking in the Outer Hebrides for Pesda Press and one of the areas I have to cover in the East coast of Uist. I am down working but the weather is a little wild so the kayak has stayed ashore. I have paddled the coast but I needed to visit Loch Coradail between Thecla and Beinn Corradail. There are some examples of hut circles and a wheel house there which I needed to photograph.

So my Sunday morning dawned with wall to wall blue sky and a bitter cold easterly wind. I parked at Loch Sgiopoirt and walked over the shoulder of Maol Martaig. Visiting the souterains on Thecla’s eastern shoulder on my way. The heather was deep, the ground difficult but the views breathtaking over the Minch. I was treated to a herd of deer who for quite while seemed little bothered by my presence until gently trotting south.

The hut circles didn’t disapoint me and as I sat drinking some stream water and stuffing a chocolate bar, it was the realisation I was the only person for miles which was most profound.

As I sat back at the car I had the wonderful warmth of knowing I had stolen one of winters best days.

Tim Pickering
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