Walk: Fugla Ness - Shetland's Chalamain Gap
Shetland | West Burra | Short walk | ★★★
[The lighthouse on Fugla Ness is reached by a rough, tiring causeway] |
Fugla Ness is the only land guarding Hamnavoe village from the full might of the Atlantic Ocean. It's tenuously joined to the the rest of West Burra by an exceptionally rough causeway - comparing it to the Chalamain Gap in the Cairngorms is no exaggeration. On a calm, sunny day the coastline between here and the tropical-looking Sand of Meal gives a beautiful clifftop walk; westerly gales bring their own wild appeal.
[You might encounter Shetland ponies on the windswept cliffs around here] |
📌 Walk: Fugla Ness - Shetland's Chalamain Gap ★★★
Start / finish at Sand of Meal car park, minor road half a mile east of Hamnavoe village centre, West Burra, G.R.: HU 377355 ///asked.vine.booms
▶ 4 km / 2 mi | ▲ 160 m | ⌚ Short | ⬤ Tough
Features: Hamnavoe; Sand of Meal; Fugla Ness
Terrain: Good path to beach, then intermittent coastal paths. Access to Fugla Ness is over a long causeway covered with boulders, slippery when wet and not far above the high tide mark (omitting this lowers the walk difficulty to ⬤ Moderate). Minor road return to car park.
Route & map
Car park - Sand of Meal - Lu Ness - Pundsar - Fugla Ness - Hamnavoe - start
Route credit: Shetland.org
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On our visit
Wildlife: Shetland ponies, sheep; oystercatchers and other seabirds.
Weather: Cold and windy with low cloud and a little rain.
[Sand of Meal] |
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