Cape Wrath Trail: a determined bog trot to the Cape
- Author
- alison young
- Published
- Thu 30 Dec 2021
- Episode Link
- None
Even though Blissful Hiker has to modify her thru-hike of the Cape Wrath Trail in Scotland due to wild weather, she makes it to the lonely lighthouse over trackless moorland.
In this episode:
- Blissful and her hiking partner pack for extra nights and give the last section to Sandwood Bay and the lighthouse at Cape Wrath a try, with three dangerous river crossings in between.
- It's tough walking on boggy, peaty moorland, but they decide to skip the first bothy and head on in big wind and rain, only seeing one person all day.
- The Ozone Cafe is empty but the door is open and they have to filter water from a root-beer colored stream.
- The wind moans all night and the mist returns, but it's clear for the return.
- Blissful has to stop to manage her SVT (Supra-venticular Tachycardia) but it's all straight forward and only begins to rain heavily at the end bringing the hike to a wet, soggy close.
MUSIC: Poema del Pastor Coya by Angel Lasala , Milongs sin palabras by Astor Pizzolla as played by Alison Young, flute and Vicki Seldon, piano
