Neil Moore of Moore Photographics is sharing his favourite walks for National Walking Month

We’re at the beginning of May and there is a lot coming up this month including the Coronation, National Share a Story Month and more. Today we’re talking to Neil Moore of Moore Photographics who is sharing some of his favourite walks for National Walking Month.

Moore Photographics is based in Cadley near Marlborough and Neil specialises in commercial photography of people, products, premises and places.

Over the years I have been fortunate that my jobs have taken me across most of the United Kingdom and at every opportunity I have stopped the car to go and explore where I am.

However, my favourite part of the country has to be the wild and windy west coast of Scotland.

I often joke to my friends that I enjoy nothing more than sitting on one of their empty beaches, with a bottle of whisky to hand, whilst being pounded by a gale rolling in from the Atlantic.  Utter Bliss with no human interaction and memories of being at sea.

Naturally, as a photographer, I have my cameras with me.  To capture the ruggedness of the coast in all its lighting conditions whilst walking their many coastal paths.

A word of warning though.  It is always best to walk along the coast with an onshore wind instead of an offshore one.  That way you are being blown onto land and not off the cliff!

Now you may ask - which is your favourite walk?

That I’m afraid is not an easy question to answer, but I can highly recommend a visit to the Outer Hebrides and then to visit a place called Huisnis which is at the end of the road – literally - on the Isle of Harris.

You can find it on the map at these coordinates:   57.99557330524344, -7.0925031638742455

It has a few houses and a car park with facilities for camper vans whilst overlooking a pure white beach.  You will see from my photo(s) that you could be led to believe you are on a tropical island.  Except there are no palm trees or any trees to be found, and did I forget to say, bring a wetsuits before going in to the sea for a swim.

I was there around the 21st of June (longest day – shortest night) and it was very, very cold, even though I was lucky to be there on a bright and sunny day.  That being said, after I had consumed an excellent steak cheese burger I went for, on this occasion, a short walk to of about a mile to the beach to the northern side of the peninsula.

I will definitely go back and when I do, I will make sure I visit the North Harris Eagle Observatory, which is on route and only about 8 miles away.
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