The Kyle Line

The Ness Islands are a collection of small islands in the middle of the River Ness - connected by Victorian suspension bridges they combine imported tree-lined paths with the fast flowing riverside. River Ness Walk The walk here from

Our walk at Beauly was in two parts, first down to the River Beauly to see the railway viaduct and then along the Cnoc-Na-Rath "Countryside Walkway". This was our fourth new train station and walk this day and you can tell exactly when Rudy decide

A supersize head-tilt for our picnic at Muir of Ord Community Orchard! This was a busy day visiting stations for Rudy but he definitely liked the plan of little walks and then a good rest/picnic stop in the shade before the next train! The Communi

Just a little walk at Conon Bridge because we had three other stations to visit this day 😅 There's a path alongside the railway towards the river and a view of the Conon Bridge Viaduct. After a wee cool drink on a hot day we turned back th

An afternoon walk at Dingwall train station.

Our walk from Garve station was along a little stretch or the Black Water river. A steady drizzle meant it was a rare outing for Rudy in a jumper - it's a shame this one doesn't fit properly 😅

Lochluichart was another short visit between trains. We'd been past several times on the train during our week visiting the Kyle Line so didn't feel disappointed at it being grey mist this one time! We walked along to the main road and saw all the

Our shortest walk so far! The infrequent trains and lack of good path along the busy main road meant we only took 24 minutes between trains at Achanalt. We walked to the end of Station Road and back which still managed to see (almost) all of Achanalt

It was a gie dreich afternoon when we visited Achnasheen so it was straight up the road to the Midge Bite Cafe. Rudy had never been here before but he can easily sniff out a good cafe on rainy days! @midgebitecafe has a good reputation which meant

Our time at Achnashellach was sadly quite short due to the infrequent timetable and we had less than an hour to walk the fantastic forest paths here. The scenery was incredible - surrounded by mountains and I wish we'd allowed more time here. Fua

An afternoon walk at Strathcarron train station.

Just across the road from Attadale station is the rear, pedestrian, entrance to Attadale Gardens. Dogs are allowed but not off-lead. Rudy was fine with that when he learned there was a DIY cafe to sit outside in the sunshine. Attadale House was bu

An afternoon walk at Stromeferry train station.

An afternoon walk between Duncraig and Plockton stations.

An afternoon walk at Plockton train station.

We didn't go far for our walk at Duirinish station, just along to the little hamlet of Drumbuie but look who we saw on the way! Getting close to wild deer is always special. The class 158 train we've seen plenty more of but not often in such good su

The Plock of Kyle is the peninsula to the west of Kyle of Lochalsh. It's very varied with some woodland, wildflower meadows, small rocky bays and a wee hilltop moor with views of the surrounding land & lochs. Lots of walking path options make it a