26/05/08 - Camera Envy.

Today we were introduced to another Scotland local - the killer
Midgie!! And boy are they not shy!!!! For this reason we moved on
from our camping spot soon after getting up. Another reason was
because with such beautiful scenery we don't want to 'miss a thing' so
we factor in as many stops as possible.
We drove around to the award winning Durness beach. We'd discounted
this as a camping spot last night because there were bound to be the
ubiquitous "No Overnight Parking" signs. After Daniel bought bread
from the shop when it finally opened (this part of the world seems to
operate on island time) we cooked some yummy poached eggs using the
huge free range eggs we had bought from the side of the road.

We then made a dash for Handa Island. Handa Island is a wildlife
reserve and after eying up all the 'professional' birdwatchers there
Daniel started to get an inferiority complex about the size of his
....camera. We saw puffins and other 'seagulls' and 'penguin looking
birds' though; which illustrates the limits of our own bird watching
skills.
It is a sunny May bank holiday today and this little Island (who's
previous record visitor number was 106) had 180 visitors today. The
ferry only fit 10 people at a time and the last return trip was
scheduled for 1700 but we didn't feel like queuing on a windy beach we
spent the next 2 hours sunbathing in a sheltered bay and catching the
very last boat back at 1900
Subsequently we didn't get much further today and found a parking spot
overlooking Loch Glendhu, Loch Glencoul, Beinn Aird Da loch, Glas
Bheinn etc... Brilliant!