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Howburn Digger H
Howburn Digger Dec 28, 2016 17:34:32
Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:
Boats are essential but walking and hitching can take care of the rest .
I spent fifteen adult years without a car. Way back then Citylink coaches took me and Mrs HD to Kennacraig, Oban, Fort William, Ullapool and Skye. We then covered all the islands (after taking the ferry of course) using local buses, walking and hitching. Once me and the OH were staying at a self catering cottage in Portree. We hitched out to Clach Ard Pictish Stone (near Borve) then hitched on to Dun Skudburgh at Uig. Hitched on to Duntulm Castle (ate our sangwidges there) and had to walk about 1km along the road to Kilmaluag, where we waited at the red phone box (it was raining - then the sun came out) for a lift.

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Flagged one down in a jiffy. Got dropped at Storr for a short scramble up to see the Old Man. Walked back down to the road just in time for another lift back into Portree where we were dropped off at the Indian Restaurant by the harbour. We then had a great Indian meal.

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We did all that just in an late morning/ afternoon. And back in time for tea (other delicious eateries are available). Trotternish Peninsula taking in quite a few sites in one afternoon hitching (and a little footwork).

T tiompan
tiompan Dec 28, 2016 18:10:03
Replying to Howburn Digger

I spent the majority of my adult life without one ,pretty addicted now however . Much prefer going from A-B rather than round trip back to the start .
Three weeks mostly walking and hitching got us from Lewis to Barra ,tent and the ocassional Gatliff trust hostel did for accomodation (hardly any bothies in these days or certainly anything ran by the MBA ) .Were hardly on roads.
Picked up and dropped parcels (clothes , food , film ) off at a couple of post offices , which were the odd glimpses of civilisation , (much the same as leaving water on the Cuillin ridge ).
Did same journey in reverse with a car , wondeful holiday , but an entirley different experience .