Stoer Travel Guide

 nickandchris Says:  Drumbeg is located on the magnificent north Assynt coastal road and is a splendid little place.It is tiny(pop. about 100) but manages to cater well for it's many visitors. There is the Drumbeg Hotel, serving bar meals, a well stocked village store, a craft shop and tea... 

 nickandchris Says:  The lighthouse at Stoer is a must, if on this peninsula, if only for the lovely coastal views. It's at the most westerly point on the Stoer peninsula. Once again, we made the trip on the motorbike which enabled us to park in the top car park, up a pretty stee last stretch of... 

 nickandchris Says:  Another tiny crofting community based close to a beach. Nowadays, I would say most of the scattering of houses are holiday lets or people working from home.The beach is slightly away from the community, although there are a couple of houses and the odd ruin by the beach. The... 

 nickandchris Says:  We made the journey round the Stoer Peninsula on the motorbike, so reached the places we wanted to visit easily. As you come down the road to the beach, stop and admire the natural rock arch at the far end of the bay.Culkein is a strange place. It has a sandy, rocky beach... 

 nickandchris Says:  After the winding, uphill, downhill travelling,it comes as a bit of a suprise when the landscape flattens out and reveals a beautiful white sand beach, complete with a mere sprinkling of people enjoying the unnaturally warm weather. Although this gorgeous beach is right by... 

 shivan Says:  ---continuing---...and we understood exactly the meaning of the word "boggy".The whole terrain was covered by water and mud for a depth high enough to make you dig your entire foot into it.The worst part is that the mud was invisible because of the grass growing over. We... 

 shivan Says:  After a while we decided to take the way back knowing that one more hour walk was necessary.The first part went ok, then I had a great idea.We had climbed a small creek going there, and I saw that if we had returned following a more internal path we may have avoided the... 

 shivan Says:  We made it! We reached the destination after about one hour or so walking. There was a warm sun and we were thirsty and hungry.The scenery was superb, I'm sad I was not able to take a decent picture of it, but I can ensure it that place definitely deserved the fatigue.There... 

 shivan Says:  Walk and walk, we were reaching the spot, sometimes looking back where the lighthouse, the car and our meals were waiting for us.Environment was absolutely amazing don't you agree?This picture has been taken half the way to the Old Man of Stoer. 

 shivan Says:  We reached the top of the hill we were thinking we were at destination, but the top itself was flat and lasting for at least one Kilometer.We encountered two dutch tourists, properly dressed, that told us that fourty more minutes walking were necessary to reach the... 

 shivan Says:  The landscape surrounding us was absolutely amazing, walking on the edge of the cliffs, and stopping from time to time to take pictures.The terrain, quite flat on top of the cliff, was crossed by tiny water flows that appear and disappear on the surface, a minimum attention... 

 shivan Says:  Well, we started climbing that hill. A few people was ahead and behind us, up to the same trip to the fabled Old Man of Stoer.Weather was good, sun was shining, and everything goes well. Incredibly no wind, too!We went ahead light-hearted, hoping that won't last too long. 

 shivan Says:  ---continuing---we turned to gaze at the hill to climb, remembering the words of the innkeeper in Ullapool "just a few minutes walk, but you will be tired when coming back..." he said smiling.The truth was three chilometers to climb and three more to come back."It should be... 

 shivan Says:  Unaware of the sad truth, we parked of top of the hill, close to the lighthouse, that was closed, and start walking along the cliff to search for the Old Man fo Stoer.Nothing in sight.We were alone, but finally somebody came. I asked them for information and they knew... 

 shivan Says:  From Lochinver, a long diversion must be taken, leaving the A837 to the narrow B869.A few miles and we reached Stoer, a small village which most remarkable issue is to be the gate to the Point of Stoer area.It is enough to follow something that is hard to call "road" to the...