Sheildaig is a lovely little crofting and fishing village on the West coast North of Applecross. The crofting association provide an area of ground for campers and motorhomes etc to stay for free. Fresh water and rubbish disposal is also provided too. This is the view from our van. There is a discreet ‘donation box’ on the entrance gate with contributions used towards upkeep and maintenance, which we left a few pounds in. Sheildaig is to be congratulated on their forward thinking and welcoming attitude.
About two kilometres along the way from Sheildaig we went fishing down by these rocks. Out of view is an old crofters cottage which owns this slipway and 290 acres of land (the owner is a lovely Northern Chap who lives here with his wife, they are both in their late 70’s and are quite self sufficient)
After a quick look around Applecross (interesting but not that much) we night stopped on top of the old Cattle Pass road which is 2053 above sea level
and approached by steep single track roads either side up to 25% gradient ! like this on the East side….
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