Ross and Cromarty

The Pictish Trail runs through Easter Ross Peninsula. I’m hunting mysterious carved stones. First, I must cross the Cromarty Firth, the sole passenger on the small ferry passing the mothballed rigs, more colourful than the shadowy grey outlines glimpsed through […]

With impeccable timing, I return to the East Coast for a yellow weather warning. It’s going to rain — a lot. Cromarty Ferry only runs in the summer, allowing a 47-mile ‘shortcut’ from Rosemarkie to Tain. I’m staying at Inverness

Walking on roads round the Moray Firth from Cromarty to Nigg Ferry would take three days, given my lower daily mileage on hard surfaces to avoid a reoccurrence of shin splints. When I set out on my coast walk, I