Comments on: Cape Wrath – the Edge of the World http://becausetheyrethere.com/2009/10/29/cape-wrath-%e2%80%93-the-edge-of-the-world/ ...and a few more reasons for climbing mountains Fri, 05 Sep 2014 09:56:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: McEff http://becausetheyrethere.com/2009/10/29/cape-wrath-%e2%80%93-the-edge-of-the-world/#comment-3759 Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:05:51 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.wordpress.com/?p=329#comment-3759 Hi Will. Best of luck with the Cape Wrath Trail. It’s one of the best, if not the best, long distance paths I’ve ever done so I’m sure you’ll enjoy it. And I’m sure they do great bar meals in the Oykel Bridge Hotel.
All the best, Alen

]]> By: Will http://becausetheyrethere.com/2009/10/29/cape-wrath-%e2%80%93-the-edge-of-the-world/#comment-3721 Sat, 14 Dec 2013 20:01:51 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.wordpress.com/?p=329#comment-3721 Thank you for a wonderfully entertaining series of posts on your Cape Wrath Trail walk, which I’ve stumbled upon belatedly. I hope to follow in your footsteps (approximately) next year, but suspect a bar meal at the Oykel Bridge Hotel might be my preferred option…although lacking the comedic possibilities of your dining experience.

]]> By: McEff http://becausetheyrethere.com/2009/10/29/cape-wrath-%e2%80%93-the-edge-of-the-world/#comment-1490 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 21:36:07 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.wordpress.com/?p=329#comment-1490 Hi John. I really do think that’s the way to do it. I often use walking to thrash out things that are on my mind, or just to try to empty it of the things that are in there cluttering it up. It doesn’t always work, but there you go. Getting back to the original point of not reconfiguring your brain – even on day walks I find that when back at the car it makes the whole thing more worthwhile if I get the stove out and brew up before I drive home. Just sitting there in the afternoon sun with a mug of tea – or under the hatchback if it’s raining – makes me more appreciative of the day’s experience. It rounds things off and allows me to mull over events. It seems to work for me, anyway.
All the best, Alen

]]> By: John H http://becausetheyrethere.com/2009/10/29/cape-wrath-%e2%80%93-the-edge-of-the-world/#comment-1487 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:45:18 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.wordpress.com/?p=329#comment-1487 I enjoyed your comment about returning to soon. I walked from Glasgow to Buckie in May, finished the walk and just got on the bus. I did not reconfigure my brain. I have just walked the Cumbrian Way and took time over the last few miles to reflect and plan some important aspects of my work life. I feel this way I am using walking not to escape but to help me think and reflect. Walking then becomes part of what I do and not separate to it. But this is something I am still learning and I would appreciate your views on this aspect of reflection and calm

]]> By: McEff http://becausetheyrethere.com/2009/10/29/cape-wrath-%e2%80%93-the-edge-of-the-world/#comment-1055 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:26:59 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.wordpress.com/?p=329#comment-1055 Thanks ever so much for that comment, which wasn’t boring at all – in fact just the opposite. There’s an entire book in your story. What an adventure!
Cheers, Alen McF

]]> By: Phillip Vyan http://becausetheyrethere.com/2009/10/29/cape-wrath-%e2%80%93-the-edge-of-the-world/#comment-1054 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:18:39 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.wordpress.com/?p=329#comment-1054 This post stirred my memory and my soul. Long ago, when the world was young and in the grip of a cold war, I spent a long time in Polaris Nuclear Submarines at the Gareloch. I left the Navy and became a Coastguard Officer at Aberdeen. The pay was appalling and so I took my young family off to Kinlochbervie.
I moved there to take up a berth on a trawler working the North Minch and the Firth. The waters around the Cape in February, where Atlantic rollers meet north-easterlies is no place for a human being – but I loved the place. The idyll came to an end and I returned home to England but retained my love of Scotland.

Sorry to bore you, thanks for the memories. Phillip

]]> By: McEff http://becausetheyrethere.com/2009/10/29/cape-wrath-%e2%80%93-the-edge-of-the-world/#comment-1041 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:36:49 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.wordpress.com/?p=329#comment-1041 Thanks for that. It’s a great walk, you’ll really enjoy it.
Good luck, Alen McF

]]> By: Martin http://becausetheyrethere.com/2009/10/29/cape-wrath-%e2%80%93-the-edge-of-the-world/#comment-1040 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:22:03 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.wordpress.com/?p=329#comment-1040 Wonderful, really enjoyed reading this, hope to do the trail one day. Cheers.

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