Talk:Cape Wrath
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one of the last remaining wildernesses in Western Europe
It's a top contenter within the UK but surely not for western europe. If places I've visited, I'd estimate that 50% of Norway and 80% of Iceland are at least as 'wild' with less military action.--JBellis 16:41, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- Can it really be a wilderness at the same time as being used as a "military bombardment range". As a resident of Australia and Canada I have a different defintion of wilderness I guess :) Robertbrockway 03:54, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- "One of the last wildernesses in {England/Britain/Europe}" is an all-too-common cliché used in the British media, almost always inaccurately. (In the case of Scotland these so-called wildernesses are usually of recent creation, depopulated by the Highland clearances). I've changed it to "a desolate and virtually uninhabited region"; my assertion that it's "virtually uninhabited" is based on the 5 or 6 houses marked on the Ordnance Survey Landranger map, but I don't know whether they're occupied or not. --Blisco 16:27, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
I visited the Cape last week. The driver of the minibus said that there are five houses on the Cape. Three belong to the Ministry of Defence, two are used as Holiday Cottages, but all are generally uninhabited, as of course is the light house. The two minibuses are floated over on pontoons at the beginning of the tourist year (May) and remain on the Cape for the duration of the season. Depending on tides, the first ferry crosses at about 11am, the last at about 4.30pm. It's a small boat and only seats about 8 people. Apart from council lorries to repair the "road" sent across specially or any MOD vehicles, it is impossible to take a normal car across. 88.104.226.75 10:44, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Hotel?
Is there a Cape Wrath hotel? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Laurel Bush (talk • contribs) 18:28, 8 August 2006
