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Conditions on the day: Wind SW force 3 in the Sound of Sleat Force 0 to Force 4 SE to NE in Loch Hourn. Tides (Loch Hourn) LW: 11:10, HW 17:11. 2 days after neaps. Sunrise 08:03, 17:09.
We left the south of Glasgow at 06:09 and drove the 190 miles and arrived at Corran at 10:20. There is a shore car park just before the village. Nearest public toilet is in Glenelg. Sheena's Tea Hut in Corran serves teas! We launched at 11:40 and landed at 18:08.
GPS
track of route. 26.2 km, max speed: 13.8km/hr
surfing a swell in the Sound of Sleat,
moving time: 05:03hrs, moving average speed: 5.2km/hr,
stopped time: 01:54hrs, overall average speed: 3.8km/hr.
Lochan
na h-Achlaise on Rannoch Moor.
Ben
Nevis from Commando Monument, Spean Bridge.
Looking
up Glen Garry from the view point on the A87 at NH211028.The snow covered peak
just left of centre is Sgurr Murlagain, 880m which rises to the north of
Loch Arkaig. The large mountain on the right is Gairich, 919m.
The
Five Sisters of Kintail from Bealach Ratagan (NG904198) on the way from Shiel
Bridge to Glenelg.
Loch
Duich from the Bealach Ratagan.
At last, Loch Hourn is insight.
Car
park at Corran. Sheena's Tea Hut is nearby.
Loch
Hourn with Blaven and Clach Glas on Skye in the distance.
Beinn
Sgritheall, 974m from the beach at Corran.
Corran
beach.
Corran.
Beinn
Sgritheall, 974m.
Looking
east up Loch Hourn.
Beinn
na Caillich, 785m, above the Knoydart shore.
Beinn
Sgritheall, 974m.
Loch
Sheildaig.
Jennifer
in the Rockpool Alaw Bach.
On
the left, Sgurr Mor, 627m, and on the right the Druim a' Choire Odhair of Ladhar
Beinn, 1010m.
Beinn
Sgritheall, 974m and Beinn na h-Eaglaise 805m.
Eilean
Tioram.
The
Rough Bounds of Knoydart.
Beinn
Sgritheall, 974m.
Beinn
Sgritheall, 974m.
Eilean
a Chuilinn, Loch Hourn.
Eilean
a Chuilinn, Loch Hourn.
We
had fun.
Loch
Hourn.
Jim
and Jennifer.
Glas
Eilean.
The
Blaven, 928m,
/Clach Glas ridge on Skye from Glas Eilean.
Cormorants
on Rhuba Buidhe. Downwind there was a real fishy smell from their guano.
Jim
admires the Blaven,
928m, /Clach Glas ridge across the Sound of Sleat on Skye.
Approaching
the Sandaig Islands. A group of 5 tourists in matching brand new country
jackets, boots and walking poles said,
"What a lovely way to arrive."
I asked if they were visitors or locals.
"We are just visiting."
" You will need to watch the tide then, that sandbar is only showing 6" and its coming in fast."
"Thank you"
Much later, they had to get their new boots wet...
The
site of Gavin
Maxwell's Camusfearna, where he wrote "Ring of Bright Water." He
was less fond of basking sharks than otters. He had earlier set up a shark
fishery on Soay. Although you can still find otters at Sandaig, Maxwell's
otter Edal otter was actually an Iraqi marsh otter! Both Edal's grave and
Maxwell's grave are nearby. Maxwell's is marked by a large boulder that marks
the position of his writing desk in the house. No trace of the house remains.
Gavin
Maxwell's house at Sandaig was completely destroyed by fire in 1966. He moved to
Eilean Ban near Kyle of Lochalsh but died in 1968. His grave at Sandaig is
visited by the many lovers of his books.
Sandaig
from the Sandaig Islands.
Sandaig.
Jin and I circumnavigate the Samdaig Islands while Jennifer explores Sandaig.
Eilean
Mor light, Sandaig Islands, Sound of Sleat. Period 6.0 secs, sequence 0.3 secs,
5.7 secs, colour white.
Beinn
Sgritheall, 974m, from the Sandaig Islands.
Beinn
Sgritheall, 974m, from the Sandaig Islands.
A
shell sand beach on the Sandaig Islands, Sound of Sleat.
Sandaig
bothy.
Heading
home, a lovely long period swell had picked up driven in by the approaching
Atlantic low pressure system that brought wind and torrential rain the next day.
A
cold head wind slowed our return up the loch.
Beinn
Sgritheall, 974m.
Heading
towards the Knoydart shore.
Beinn
Sgritheall, 974m across Loch Hourn from the beach below Coire Sgamadail,
Knoydart. We had a flask of hot soup here as the temperature was dropping fast
after sunset.
Home
in the dark, until the moon came up. Its silvery path guided us due east to
Corran. The "spark" to the right of Jim is Jennifer's strobe going
off.
Yes
it was dark by the time we got back!
We landed at 18:08, left at 18:54 and were back in Glasgow at 11:00.
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