So, off to the Uists, taking a ferry from Mallaig ...or so we thought! With bow thruster problems for the MV Lord of the Isles, it looked as if we were going to depart from Oban. However a last minute change of plan, from Calmac, meant a longer drive to leave from Uig, on the Isle of Skye. If we'd known earlier we could have made plans - but we didn't so a 1am start from home it was.
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| Glencoe sunrise...beautiful. |
Thankfully it was good weather and the drive a cross Skye was astounding - seeing several of the classic views that one day later, will have disappeared under cloud and rain.
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| Looking across to the Quiraing. |
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| The Black Cuillins from Sligachan corner - it's a while since I was up Sgurr Nan Gillean - on the right. |
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| Am Basteir and its tooth. |
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| The Old Man of Storr shows clearly. |
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| Looking back to Skye. |
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| As we passed various bits of islands, a 'Superior Mirage'. Note the strange form of the islands in the background. This is where light rays are bent as there is a change between the density of the warm air to the cold air above the sea. We saw better examples -I didn't realise it was a 'thing'. |
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| And a couple of stops on the way to our pod at Balranald.....Redshank on a post. |
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| Daisy field. |
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| Sandy fields ... |
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| ..and blue, blue sea. |
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