5/17: Torridon 03—06/05/17

Fun and games around the Torridon peninsula, kayaking and mountain-biking in the fab May weather
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Track of the three-day 'circumnavigation' of Torridon - 99.95km according to the GPS. Including a one-mile portage from salt to fresh water along the River Ewe.
Another otter-tastic trip - this chap hasn't noticed me yet ...
Ah, now he has. He's not bothered though - he continued to forage along the shore quite happily
Snack break by another little Highland fixer-upper
Four hours of paddling brought me to Red Point beach - enough bashing into this headwind, time to camp
Next day - the big headland of Rubha Reidh. It looks calm here, but it was pretty hellish just around the corner: 20kts of wind over tide, eek
Second night's camp, looking down Loch Ewe towards Poolewe and the Fisherfield mountains beyond
It's that time of year, when lambs haven't quite grown into their skins yet.
Time to slip down the well-lubricated slide into the fresh water of the River Ewe, after pushing the damn thing on its trolley for a mile
Washing the salt out my drysuit - even with it on, the water is flippin' cold. Slioch mountain behind