Postcards From The Edge - Kyle of Tongue

Today the road took me North from Inverness, over the Kyle of Tongue to  Melness (Gaelic: Taobh Mhealanais) a locality comprising a group of small remote crofting and fishing townships, lying to the west of Tongue Bay on the north coast of Sutherland, and at the very top of Scotland.


The weather was meant to be sunny and settled, ideal for the job in mind. But, in true Highland fashion it was mostly the opposite by the time I had made the three hour journey. A strong southwesterly pushed the drone to its limits and a heavy overcast sky wasn’t quite what was ordered, even if it did make for more dramatic images. 

Looking back south, over The Kyle of Tongue, the mountain’s of Ben Loyal (764 m) to the east and Ben Hope (927m) to the west dominate the skyline. The community of Tongue is situated on the Kyle’s eastern shore and the loch is crossed by the Kyle of Tongue Bridge and Causeway.


The bridge and causeway were built in 1971 to carry the A838, the road from Thurso to Durness, across the loch. The route around the head of the loch involved a narrow road some 10 miles (16 km) long. The causeway is less than a quarter of that at 2.4 miles (3.8 km) long and it crosses a natural island, Tongue Island. The 183-metre-long (600 ft) bridge can be seen at the western end of the causeway.


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