Ralph Cox•Follow

September 5, 2022

Corner to Corner, Day 36: Tongue to Durness

https://www.cycling4charity.org.uk Good route apart from one bit of the 1830 road to remove and replace with the 1993 A838.

The Kiwi Crew, 16 friends, who accommodated most of the Kyle Of Tongue hostel's rooms. The majority are New Zealanders, some living there, some living in UK, most but not all in software development. Elvin runs One Two Many, selling pizzas from a canal boat on London's canals. https://www.littleplaces.london/place/one-two-many Great meeting and sharing with them, and thank you for your donation, guys.

Oliver has been running his fast food van for 2 months. Formerly a roofer and builder. Oliver supported me with his lively positive outlook and by donating coffee and 2 Booster bars, so I will add the equivalent to the fund.

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I identified the wrong route for the road from the causeway, but the right location for how it topped the hill.

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I will cut this section of the 1830 original road out of the route, so it is all on the 1993 A838.

I saw these bags, and wondered what they were for. ?? No-one would fly-tip such similar bags so far off a road in the middle of nowhere.

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Moin(e) House, built in the same year as the Duke of Sutherland's 1830 road as a refuge for travellers. This was the only road until the A838 was built in 1993. A family lived in the cottage for many years from 1881. Buildings at Risk and Canmore entries includes photos of it roofed. It lost this after 1987. http://cmy.iay.org.uk/moinehouse/moine.htm & https://www.buildingsatrisk.org.uk/details/895346 & https://canmore.org.uk/site/5411/moin-house

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About half way between Hope Bridge and Heilam: Yet to retrieve any info about this geology - in National Grid section NC4660

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First view of Loch Eriboll from Heilam

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1804 Eriboll church. http://www.scottishchurches.org.uk/sites/site/id/7987/name/Eriboll+Church+Durness+Highland

The forecast had been for 100% rain almost all day. Gradually, we had removed rain gear. Here I completed that and applied sun protection.

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There's a weir the other side of the 1830s' Thomas Telford-designed Polla Bridge I took this from. Creag na Faoilinn in the background - alas without its peak. https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Polla_Bridge

Shame I missed the top of Creag na Faoilinn. Loch-side of weir, north of Polla.

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Looking across the bay to Whiten Head/An Ceann Geal

In the evening on the way back from Smoo Cave