Wednesday 29 May

Well at least they went to bed early (the kids that is).

A glorious morning and in other circumstances we might have stayed put to enjoy the day. Instead we decided a slow run south in the general direction of home was a good idea, looking out on the way for our ideal stopping point.

The Cuillins

Lunching outside the Talisker distillery – not on our list of favourite whiskeys – we spotted a campsite on the map that appeared to meet our wishes so disappeared off onto little more than a forestry road heading straight for the Cuilin Mountains. A short delay whilst a road-mending crew had a go at a few potholes, then onto Culnaneam where a large area of grassland overlooking a sandy beach had been fenced off and set out as an informal campsite. We could have asked for electricity but much preferred the more casual areas overlooking the beach and found a level spot.

The Cuillins

The sun was warm, the sky blue and on the horizon were the islands of Canna, Sanday and Rum. Chairs out, windbreak deployed (a rather lively but warm off-shore breeze freshened even more later in the day) and that was that. No phone signal, no TV, just a very weak radio and a bit too windy to deploy the satellite (but strangely a WiFi signal!).

The view..

from our pitch.

Ah, bliss!