A Walk Around the Village
(We'll assume that you've arrived by car, and are starting from the car park, at the start of Harbour Street. If you've arrived by train, you'll have made a ten minute walk to the same location.)
The first thing that will strike you is the scope of the vista. The bay continues further up and behind to your right, closely overlooked by a high hill, Creag nan Darach. The heavily forested hills continue down the right-hand side, before becoming overshadowed by the dominant feature of the bay, the Duncraig Crags, underneath of which sits Duncraig Castle.
There's a small island in front, approachable by foot at low tide, and other islets further out. In the summer, you'll notice visiting yachts moored to the right, and closer in, the local Plockton boats — traditional clinker-built dinghies, highly competitive in the annual Regatta.
At the foot of the bay, the Crags give way to the higher and more distant hills above Loch Carron. The entrance to the loch is straight ahead, at Strome, although you can't see it. The hills lead on to the left and continue to the range before Torridon, before the brae interrupts your view.
(to be continued)
