RAF Saxa Vord, Unst, Shetland. Report 2009

[beam assisted]

very tasty mate - love it

[boxerheaven]

thats actually pretty good and interesting

[wader3]

Thanks all, shame I didn’t have a tripod though, and would have been nice to get more internals.

Coops – afaik Cape Wrath is the most north-westerly point on the Scottish mainland (Dunnet Head is the most northerly), but Saxa Vord is pretty much at the northern end of the Shetland Isles.

Indeed - although if I'd had time I would have liked to get a boat out to Muckle Flugga lighthouse - that really is the last place. You can almost thow a stone to it, but you wouldn't want to swim it..

[Runner]

Great stuff - cheers for posting this

Coops - if you're up around Cape Wrath there's a place near Durness that's worth checking out.

[ERNIE99_UK]

nice report, its good to see something in such good condition. Nice bike btw.

[magoo²]

Excellent stuff

[wolfism]

Coops - if you're up around Cape Wrath there's a place near Durness that's worth checking out.

Yep, there's an old Chain Home Low station (remains of), and the domestic site at Balnakeil is still there, converted into a hippy artists' commune. You can also get onto the Cape Wrath range occasionally when they're not firing.

[coops]

Great stuff - cheers for posting this

Coops - if you're up around Cape Wrath there's a place near Durness that's worth checking out.

Cheers mate as it happens we are up in Durness for 2 days as part of the holiday tour so yes cheers

[coops]

Yep, there's an old Chain Home Low station (remains of), and the domestic site at Balnakeil is still there, converted into a hippy artists' commune. You can also get onto the Cape Wrath range occasionally when they're not firing.

Thanks for this too mate

[wolfism]

No worries mate. There are a few B&B's at Durness, and a decent enough hotel to get a meal in (Sango Sands?) but not a lot else close by really. Also look out for the NATO Z-berth buoys and POL's if you're driving down the west side past Loch Broom on the road towards Ullapool, I think there's still a boom defence line at Aultbea as well, though it's watched over iirc.