Thanks, Piers, and for the guide to pronunciation (which I had been searching
for).
We have just walked to Sandwood Bay and a glorious experience it was too, with
the mountains to the east and north and the highland lochs around many a
corner. But then it started to drizzle, gently. We got to the deserted
settlement above Sandwood Bay before I judged it appropriate to turn back and
we spent an hour walking into a 20kt wind with driving rain (at times)! But it
was worth the experience, certainly.
We're drying off now . . .
No, Cape Wrath in general, and Garvie Island in particular, are quiet,
unfortunately. I've dropped a few 1,000lb bombs on Garvie, but nothing is
happening at the moment.
Chris
On 4 Sep 2013, at 12:20, "Piers Hemy" <piers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Nice work, Chris, hope you haven't been disturbed by too much activity on
> the range (unusually busy at Tain yesterday, I can't imagine why...).
>
> Do please make the trip to Sandwood Bay, it's an easy walk, with
> breathtaking results (if it remains windy, probably literally so, but still
> worthwhile). You can reward yourselves with a visit to the pie shop in
> Lochinver on your way back southwards. Bring me a Chicken and Leek if you
> will :-)
>
> My guess is that Meadaidh is pronounced as in Maida Vale, which does not
> necessarily mean that the latter is a corruption of Meadaidh Bheil - that
> might be taking "Scots Diaspora" to the extreme. This site might be of
> interest: http://www.cuhwc.org.uk/page/unofficial-guide-pronouncing-gaelic
>
> And "end of the mountains" sounds right, as it's the same term in
> Kinlochbervie - aka Ceann Loch Biorbhaigh.
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