Cromarty’s best country circuit. Climb the hundred steps to the top of the South Sutor, then cross fields with wide views over the Moray Firth before an impressive drop to the shore at McFarquhar’s Bed.
The return climbs through what remains of a once-grand beech avenue, now much broken by storms, and comes back to Cromarty past Cromarty Mains and the side of Cromarty House. Route-finding through the fields beside Gallow Hill takes some care, and you will be reluctant to leave the shore.
Route, GPS track and photographs: Julian Paren on Geograph.