7 Aug 19 - walk to Tusdale clearance village from Eynort Forest

For all sorts of reasons (from family visits to toilet repairs!) only three members were free this day - hopefully it will be repeated next year when more of us are can join it.

The following is by Ray:

the walk out of Eynort at the start 

On August 7^th Tim, Christine and myself left Portree to travel down to Loch Eynort, the start of our walk to the clearance village of Tusdale.

Looking back at the start of the walk to Eynort and the Head of the Loch.

Leaving the car at the end of the track in Eynort, we started our walk along the hillside beneath Beinn Buidhe na Creige, following sheep tracks where possible.

Fantastic views down over Loch Eynort and further out to Canna.
 

Eventually after a bit of climbing we managed to find the old track leading to Tusdale village.

Before reaching the village, we turned down towards the coast

This is the Tusdale Burn with Canna in the distance.

and eventually found ourselves looking at one of the most beautiful waterfalls on Skye.

Me taking a picture of the waterfall at the bottom of the Tusdale Burn.

After taking many pictures, it was Picnic Time. We stayed for a while and relaxed in the sunshine,

before making our way back the way we had come towards Tusdale village.

 The village consists of several ruined homes in three different locations.

Much time was spent exploring these ruins and wondering what life would have been like living here long ago.

Soon it was time to leave and we slowly climbed out of the Tusdale valley and climbed up and over the Bealach na Croiche where we were again able to look down on Eynort.

 Following a steep fence down the hill we arrived at the gate near the ruins of St Maelrubha's Chapel and Graveyard.   We explored the graveyard which proved very interesting.

One grave in particular, that of Evan P Cameron and his wife Harriet Adriana Moore, had connections to the slave trade in Berbice, New Amsterdam, (which became British Guiana and I believe is now called Guyana.)

A short walk brought us back to the car. This is a walk which I enjoyed very much. Fantastic scenery, good company, a fine day and a mystery to take home and investigate.