Henk, Achnasheen is at a road junction; it is probably better to hitch on the A832 road westwards by Glen Docherty to Kinlochewe rather than the A890. At Kinlochewe the A896 runs through Glen Torridon to within a few metres of the hostel.

As John says, definitely head for Kinlochewe first when hitching.

There are in fact a couple of public transport options: one is the Gairloch High School school bus from Kinlochewe at 16:15 to Torridon, and another is the T19 Lochcarron Garage Services bus from Kinlochewe that meets the Westerbus 700 17:20 service from Inverness (not every day, but OK on a Thursday). I have emailed you specific details of these.

Good luck and a safe crossing!

Vanessa

Thanks for helping me out! I didnt recognize Kinlochewe was that near from Achnasheen. If possible i will hike, otherwise walk to Kinlochewe. Nice training for the coming days :-).

Just saw this thread.....I hitched from Achnasheen (as JD says) the year I started from Torridon. No problem getting lifts.

I hope you have decent weather: it's a beautiful start.