Sat 5th May
Bright sunny spells today with a chilly breeze. The campsite is sheltered from the wind so we had a nice quite night. When I took Bonnie out last night before bed the moon looked full and I could hear grouse calling to each other, it was a little eerie.
Today I had a hill day and Tina took Bonnie to play on the beach and to have a short walk.
I walked from the campsite and climbed Ceann Reamhar, Beinn Losgaintir and Beinn Dhubh. They are not very high, Beinn Dhubh is the highest at 506m, but the ridge forms a peninsula and this makes it seem a bit lofty out above the sea. I finished off the walk by dropping down to the beach at Losgaintir, where I met Tina, the walk took 6 1/2 hours. The start of the walk was along the road from the campsite, I passed a loom room where a man was weaving, I guess with this being Harris he was weaving Harris tweed. During the walk I came across a grouse. Why do they wait till you are right upon them to squawk and flap away, it always makes me jump. Whilst dropping off the ridge I saw a very large bird soaring, it could have been an eagle but I did not get a good look at it.
Tina and Bonnie enjoyed their beach day, in one if the national newspapers this beach was number one for beaches in the UK.
Tonight we are on the same campsite and tomorrow we head off to Lewis the last of our new islands.
Phil and Tina
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