Day 7
3rd September

After last night's splendid sunset we hoped for a better day but awoke to a showery grey day. We had some miles to make up as we had stopped short or where we had planned and luckily found the first few miles not too hard and we reached Corrieshalloch Gorge fairly soon. The gorge was really spectacular and it was a pity that the bridge over the falls was closed for repairs.
After some tea we began the dreaded climb to 1109 feet but it turned out to be quite easy if rather long. As we finally reached the top we could see An Teallach ahead wreathed in clouds but it was not until we had well descended that we saw this mountain in all its glory. The wind was blowing strongly against us and made the going really hard - even downhill! The day seemed to get greyer and greyer and with the wind and the long distance we had to travel, the rest of the day seemed to consist of merely 'pressing on' to reach Poolewe.
We finally reached Inverewe at 5.30 pm and looked around the gardens which were quite fascinating, before camping at the National Trust for Scotland site at Poolewe which after the tiny campsites and freedom so far we found diabolical with all its numbered pitches and rules and regulations.