T'was a wild and blustery night! Hardly a ripple on the water when we departed for bed, by midnight the wind had picked up and boy did the Beast rock! And sleep was almost impossible because the cover for the electric hookup kept flapping and banging on the side. And then to make matters worse, the cassette light came on after Ian had an early morning visit to the loo leaving me with legs crossed until first light. No way was I going to venture out in the dark in those blustery conditions to use the campsite facilities!
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| Last night and..... |
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| This morning |
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| Check out that tree. Shows which way the wind was blowing. |
Although windy the sun was out and the warmth shone through. We wondered if it was feasible to assume we would reach Skye today. Well to be fair, our travel per day has been more of a drive so far, stop to admire the view, drive a bit further, stop for lunch....hardly the speedy tourists. But today only two stops, mainly because most of the viewpoints were again choker with cars and the stop for lunch saw us staying at that place for quite a while. Sun was out, the wind had died down and we just couldn't be bothered to move on.
Eventually, we left, wished we hadn't because the nearer we got to Skye, the worse the weather. Crossing the bridge the rain started. We had hoped to cross by the
Glenelg ferry but I read somewhere the service stops running if it was too windy. As the time was flying by and the hour was getting late and with very few suitable 'park for the night' spots on Skye, we had to stop by a layby near to Dunan.
Oh, and Harvey dog got a tick on his neck. Gunda and Kev had a great way of removing it discovered when in Spain earlier this year. Put your finger lightly on the body of the tick and circle it with your finger. Cover the area where the head is in washing up liquid so it can't breathe and the thing falls out! They are keeping a good eye on him 'cos you hear all sorts of nasty things can develop.
And seen on route,
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| Eeeek..... |
Wildlife today,
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| Can anyone identify this diving bird please Is it a Black Throated Diver? |
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| Chaffinch |
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| And another I'm not sure of. (I really must bring my bird book!) |
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| This bug hitched a ride, |
1 comment:
Hi Irene
Yes, Black-throated Diver. A lovely bird and a great photo.
I'm not 100% sure, but suspect your unknown finch is a young Siskin. Did you get any shots showing its back/wings?
There seems to have been a significant difference in your weather and ours here in Sussex over the weekend. Here very little was achieved in the garden because it was just too hot! Better today, with some much needed rain, but forecast suggests it's only a short blip.
Paul
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