Legs and Borders

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 ca...

Last day on the trail, it was better than expected but inevitably the realisation came to me that TA was more about the journey than the destination. It rained all night but it was also very windy which was somewhat helpful, tent was mostly dry when I was folding it. I left the campsite at 6am and started the road walk towards Invercargill. Got there just before PacN'Save opened at 8am. I did a small resupply and ate a chicken, ham and pineapple bap with two apple danishes and a latte. Then the road walk to Bluff continued. At midday I got overtaken by Kasia the Welsh girl, she was meeting Scott from Australia at the finish line, they were planning to stay at the Bluff Lodge, she recommended the place to me as well. Weather got better at this point, it was still windy but rain had gone away. At Greenhills I walked next to very friendly black goat who loved scratches, for some reason it was living chained to a wooden shack by the road....