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fingertrouble) wrote2006-09-15 06:01 pm
fingertrouble) wrote2006-09-15 06:01 pm
[LJ2ME] Highlands Tips #2 & #3: The Road to Rhue-in
Tip #2 The Scots don't believe in footpaths.
The walk to Rhue from Ullapool was fun. Rhuefully so in fact. Fun in John's sense pre-leg, although even he would've balked at the rock/cliff climbing, fence vaulting & river fording. And this was a 'mild easy hike' apparently. When I eventually arrived at the lighthouse headland, it was great despite tired wet feet.
Why did I go there? Well this leads me to tip #3 Tourist Information is full of shit. Unlike in England where they will have useful things like bus info or small local maps of walks. Inverness was ok yet clueless about what to do in their city for 3 rainy hours; whereas the one in Ullapool was crapness incarnate, telling me that I'd missed the one and only bus north for the day (hence Rhue). This was a surprise to the bus driver I flagged a lift from on the way back since there are 6-7 buses on that road alone.
The walk to Rhue from Ullapool was fun. Rhuefully so in fact. Fun in John's sense pre-leg, although even he would've balked at the rock/cliff climbing, fence vaulting & river fording. And this was a 'mild easy hike' apparently. When I eventually arrived at the lighthouse headland, it was great despite tired wet feet.
Why did I go there? Well this leads me to tip #3 Tourist Information is full of shit. Unlike in England where they will have useful things like bus info or small local maps of walks. Inverness was ok yet clueless about what to do in their city for 3 rainy hours; whereas the one in Ullapool was crapness incarnate, telling me that I'd missed the one and only bus north for the day (hence Rhue). This was a surprise to the bus driver I flagged a lift from on the way back since there are 6-7 buses on that road alone.