This morning we discovered the fridge was not working. No, I have not overloaded it with beer and wine. However I would like to get it fixed as it really helps us to keep some fresh food.
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| Somewhere on the ridge |
Anyway it was a fine sunny day and good forecast – so was the ideal day to walk along the main ridge of Rum, sometimes called the Rum Cuillin, though it’s a lot smaller than the Cuillins on Skye. We picked up a leaflet including map from the information centre and headed up the track beside Kinloch castle.
We had an excellent ridge walk and scramble along mountains which are steep and impressive, but it was slow going with not much by way of paths. Some of the names are of Norse origin and sound as if they come from Lord of the Rings: Hallival, Askival, Trollaval (which we skipped), Ainshval, Sgurr nan Gillean and then down to the valley at Dibidil, from where we walked back along the coast, stopping for a bathe to cool down and clean up at a stream with a deep pool in a cleft in the rocks. Rum is a complete contrast from Muck. It’s all big, mountainous and wild with as yet no sign of agriculture.
It was a long and tiring day, as expected, but one might visit the island many times without having such a good opportunity to traverse the ridge. Follow the
track of our walk on Google Maps
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| On top of Askival |
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| On the ridge. Green grass indicates Shearwater burrow |
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| The ridge |
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| Loch Scresort. Cuillins on Skye behind |
