Am Buachaille aka The Shepherd -Video

Am Buachaille aka The Shepherd is one of the coveted “Big 3” sea stacks in Scotland along with the Old Men of Stoer and Hoy. With it’s 4 mile walk in from Blairmore followed by a tricksome descent and approach culminating with a “character building” swim across a 15 metre channel of water exposed only at low tide, this Old Man is considered to be the most remote and serious of them all…

Anyway it was an lovely day clambering up the excellent 3* VS Landward Face route in perfect weather on possibly one of the best “adventure” routes in the UK, before collapsing on the beautiful Sandwood Bay beach. Featuring the beautiful walk-in, approach and swim, sandstone sea stack shenanigans, fearsome fulmers, eye-popping exposure plus some aerial drone footage this is the story of our day:

David Linnett