Hugh Thomson

Bogs, midges and blinding rain: the joys of trekking in the Highlands

Raynor Winn fears the Cape Wrath Trail may prove too much for her husband, suffering with CBD – but the indomitable couple continue to thrive on adversity

Ladhar Bheinn, in the Knoydart region, on the Cape Wrath Trail. [Alamy]
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