OUR HEBRIDEAN ADVENTURE....... first full day.
So we are here in the Outer Hebrides safely ensconced in our log cabin on the causeway to Knock. The journey here was wonderfully uneventful, accompanied by great weather and light all the way. Many quick stops for snaps with the ipad, the new IPad Air seems to have an amazing camera......makes you think!!!
On our first day we woke up to sunny skies with fluffy clouds, not what we expected so a massive bonus. Headed off in the car to see what we had missed in the dark last night, and realised our little log cabin was at the end of a causeway.....
We decided to head up the Port Nis, the northern most point of the Island. The skies stayed blue, and the sea was a darker shade of blue. Why do we need to fly away when we have this on our doorstep, if you've got a day to spare, to get here.
According a friendly local we had just missed Dolphins playing in the harbour there, so headed up to the lighthouse to see if we could see them, and were rewarded with some very shiny seals bobbing about, and a glimmer of Dolphins in the deep water. Also passed a cove with amazing white sand, and green and blue sparkling water.
We then wended our way to a stone circle, up on a hill overlooking the Atlantic. I can see why they put it there...if it was a meeting place to celebrate the sun, the moon, and changing of the seasons it would be a great place for a party.
We then went to see the largest standing stone in the world across the way...... Quite hard to miss but we couldn't find it to begin with and realised it was behind us!!
We then had a drive down the island towards the Callanish stone circle.
This was a truly amazingly spiritual place, Tim was lost in his own world, and I just lost myself in the fizzing energy and amazing landscape.
We stopped on the way back for another stone circle for Tim, and a low sun view of the old lady of the North for me. A satisfying sunset ensued, with some orange edged clouds as we neared home, once I download the card we will see if I had any success.
A very full and enjoyable first day is finished, and we are sitting here with a nice chilled glass of something bubbly planning what to do tomorrow.
That's all for now.
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