{"id":1533,"date":"2026-05-20T21:11:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T21:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nc500.madaxeamps.co.uk\/?p=1533"},"modified":"2026-05-21T06:51:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T06:51:19","slug":"day-11-mellon-udrigle-to-applecross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nc500.madaxeamps.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/day-11-mellon-udrigle-to-applecross\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 11: Mellon Udrigle to Applecross"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

No dramas on the road today. Before leaving Mellon Udrigle, we took a walk on the beach, looking back at the campsite. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Experimental shot of Stac Pollaidh through the binoculars as seen from Mellon Udrigle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Straightforward run to Applecross via the north coast road, stopping at one of the Ben Eighe car parks to do a forest walk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Passing through Torridon gave opportunity for a moody shot of Laithach above the village<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lunch stop further up at the Loch Torridon viewpoint<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Just past Shieldaig, we turned off the A896 onto yet another single track road headed round the coast to Applecross. En route, was the ‘red roof cottage’ which seems to have some fame for its attractive red roof and location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next up; Applecross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Applecross Inn provided excellent food and local Applecross brewery pale and red ales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Applecross appears to have a fairly tame red deer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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and a very small fuel station<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Despite the forecast being rain, we had a small sunset <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No dramas on the road today. Before leaving Mellon Udrigle, we took a walk on the beach, looking back at the campsite. Experimental shot of Stac Pollaidh through the binoculars as seen from Mellon Udrigle. Straightforward run to Applecross via the north coast road, stopping at one of the Ben Eighe car parks to do … Continue reading “Day 11: Mellon Udrigle to Applecross”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nc500"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nc500.madaxeamps.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nc500.madaxeamps.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nc500.madaxeamps.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nc500.madaxeamps.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nc500.madaxeamps.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1533"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/nc500.madaxeamps.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1554,"href":"https:\/\/nc500.madaxeamps.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1533\/revisions\/1554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nc500.madaxeamps.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nc500.madaxeamps.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nc500.madaxeamps.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}