Walks and runs in Scotland.

A walk on the east side of South Harris.

This was a short walk on an old track (an old corpse road) that runs from across the island from Aird Mhing, it's a very strange an wild landscape on this part of Harris as you can see from the photos.  There were very few people apart from my humans, there were sheep in some areas but I did get some time off the lead as long as I stayed close to the humans (I have to be very good and not disturb any ground nesting birds so close control of my humans is the only option, they are quite well trained).

Magpie Moths on Harris

Running near Aird Uig

I had lots of runs in the area of Gallan Head and around the Aird Uig area ranging from 3km to 7.5km, some with up to 239 metres of ascent.  The ground was great for running, not too wet and easy to run on.  The photos show the area where I did my running.

From Gallan Head looking south.

Rubha Mor(left) and Forsnabhal(right) a great hill run on 6th July.

Mountain walk - Suaineabhal(429 metres).

The views from this mountain are great, it was a huge adventure right from the start as I had to swim across a river to start the walk and then swim across the same river on the way back.  There are no paths on the hills here so it's a case of making your way to the summit using the easiest climbs and keeping an eye on your current position in case of bad visibility (but my human does that so I just scamper along with him).  As we progressed up the hill the views opened up across the beaches and the wild areas of Lewis.  The final climb to the summit was over some lovely grippy rock so even without a rope the scramble wasn't a problem.  The views from the summit were spectacular in all directions but unfortunately the clouds closed in and it rained ( and rained and rained). 

I curled up with my human in the shelter of a rock while we waited for the weather to clear, it didn't clear but this gave me time for a much needed cheese sandwich before we headed back down the mountain.  Another successful river crossing concluded a great walk.

Suaineabhal

Admiring the view.

Summit and rain!

Ascending Suaineabhal - view north.

I was wet anyway so might as well swim after my human.

Some other walks.

I walked up to Loch Reonasgall one afternoon, this was a fairly easy long walk on a track  with good views to the north and west (to Aird Uig & Gallan Head and Suaineabhal).  I was expecting to see more wildlife on this walk (having seen  3 eagles near the house) but there was nothing much to be seen. My humans were probably too noisy.

A very isolated Loch and very peaceful.

My human and I made an attempt to climb Mealaisbhal(574 metres) from the west (Breinis) but the weather closed in with torrential rain, low cloud and very strong wind. As the visibility was reduced to about 100 metres we abandoned the walk somewhere around the 200 metre contour and headed back down through the trackless peat and heather. I've added a picture taken on a sunny day to show the mountain.

Woofs and wags, 

Dexter.