So I've reached Cape Wrath...what next?
The final leg of the Cape Wrath Trail looks to be one of the hardest. 20 odd miles of slog across trackless terrain, plenty of river crossings and the North Atlantic undoubtedly throwing its worst at you over the cliffs to your West.
With the end in sight and the delights of Sandwood Bay along the way, it is a day you’ll long remember, especially when the cape lighthouse finally hoves into view across the bleak peat.
There is nothing at Cape Wrath other than an unmanned lighthouse. In summer, a minibus and ferry crossing bring visitors to the cape and provide walkers with a handy means of escape to Durness without the need to return to Kinlochbervie.
Durness has a range of accommodation and also bus services back to Lairg direct or via Kinlochbervie. Lairg is on the train line to Inverness.
Outside peak season there is no alternative but to retreat to Kinlochbervie, after an overnight camp at the cape. The postbus from Durness calls in at Kinlochbervie at 09:00 and goes onwards to meet the Inverness train at Lairg.
