SNT (day 19) - Sandwood Beach to Cape Wrath Lighthouse (Cape Wrath Trail) [The End]

Last 8 miles of the trail went fairly well, it was basically a pathless cliff walk across military shooting range but luckily the soldiers were off duty.

I said goodbye to the Sandwood Beach in the morning and proceeded through the grassy and uneven landscape towards my final destination. Lighthouse would make an occasional appearance along the coast as I progressed. About four hours later I've arrived at the end of my journey!

Johnny the lighthouse keeper was there prepping breakfast for other three hikers who stayed in the bunkhouse last night, I've joined in and had some eggs and beans in roast and a white coffee. The sea was too rough this morning so the boat back to Durness got canceled, Johnny offered us a lift as far as the road went (there was no road connection from Cape Wrath to mainland) after which we had to walk our way back to civilization. It took few hours but at 1pm I've crossed the last bridge leading to a road towards Durness, after 15 minutes I've caught a hitchhike with Ricky from Australia doing his Scottish roadtrip, he dropped me by the SPAR in Durness. I've tried to find any kind of accomodation byt everything other than a campsite was taken.

I've booked the tickets to Inverness and Broadford in Isle of Sky for tomorrow, I was planning to do a bit more hiking there as I still had a week to spare. Then I spend some time in Sango Sands Oasis a very nice pub located by the campsite and talked about hiking with Nicki from Hungary who also just finished her Cape Wrath Trail adventure.

Scottish National Trail was a great experience and I think gave me a good overview and understanding of Scotland and it's people, some sections were better than others but they all felt rewarding and necessary. I'll definitely try to come to Scotland in the future and carry on exploring this wonderful country.

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