Out & About …

… on the North York Moors, or wherever I happen to be.

Category: Ardnamurchan

  • Port Achadh an Aonaich

    Port Achadh an Aonaich

    About a mile south of the distributed settlement of Smirisary near Glenuig. Along a very rugged but well-defined path. Port Achadh an Aonaich is at the path’s end and known locally as “White Sands”. Smirisary is a fascinating place. Most of the old cottages have been renovated and made into holiday homes but with no…

  • Camas an Lighe

    Camas an Lighe

    Still on the Ardnamurchan peninsula. Camas an Lighe is more commonly known as the Singing Sands although I am not sure if that is a literal translation. But they didn’t sing for us. We had expected a coral beach that does ‘sing’ indeed when you walk on it. Carraig Fhada on Islay is a good…

  • Camas nan Geall

    Camas nan Geall

    An idyllic south-facing haven on Loch Sunart. A glen rich in history from a Neolithic chambered cairn and standing stone to a 19th-century deserted settlement. In 1737, when Ardnamurchan was sold by the Duke of Argyll to Alexander Murray, Lord Stanhope, the settlement of Camas nan Geall had a population of 35: 9 men, 13…

  • Ardnamurchan

    Ardnamurchan

    Quiz question: What is the connection between these hills on the westernmost point of the British mainland to the Cleveland Dyke back home in the North York Moors? The answer is of course they were both formed by volcanic activity near the island of Mull. Ok, there is a bit of a time difference between…