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The Lookout

The Lookout


Postby Yorjick » Sat Jul 21, 2018 11:17 pm

Date walked: 16/07/2018

Time taken: 1 hours

Distance: 5 km

Ascent: 117m

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Sunday of the WH Summer meet was an easy day with lunch at the Old Inn in Carbost, a tour of the Talisker Distillery, A walk out to the lighthouse at Neist Point before driving up to the most northerly tip of the island and walking out to The Lookout to spend the night. A car pulled up at the car park just after me. With no other parked cars, I was optimistic of securing a bunk in the bothy. Rather than racing ahead of the Austrian/Belgian young couple, I walked to the bothy with them.


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Below: Yours truly, kindly taken by Debbie, named after Debbie Harry!

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The photo above was taken during a brief break to the wet and windy weather - I am in the lee of the bothy.

​Later, two Czech girls arrived, making things very cozy.

Below: taken the next morning - I am not obsessed with my phone; it was connected to my camera via WiFi and I am using it as a remote control.

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The direct line through to Bothy HQ! :lol:

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Below: Looking across The Minch towards Harris and Lewis. Couldn't see any whales though!

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Improving weather - The Lookout seen at its best!

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It was a very pleasant, easy walk back to the car, an enjoyable late breakfast in Portree and sunny drive back home!

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Last edited by Yorjick on Fri Dec 21, 2018 5:11 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: The Lookout

Postby Alteknacker » Sun Jul 22, 2018 10:32 am

Looks like the weather really picked up towards the latter end of the day. The Lookout looks like a fine place to be.

For my part, I was in rain all the way back as far as Gretna....
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Re: The Lookout

Postby Yorjick » Fri Aug 10, 2018 1:04 pm

Alteknacker wrote:Looks like the weather really picked up towards the latter end of the day. The Lookout looks like a fine place to be.

For my part, I was in rain all the way back as far as Gretna....



Spotless bothy, well worth a visit and near enough to the road to act as a base for walking on the Trotternish Ridge and exploring the northern end of the island.
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