At last I could have a shower, it’s a step -in one at Tranquillity, not a climb into the bath job. My various joints have eased at last so that helps a lot.
After the obligatory stop at the Gruinard layby on a beautiful sunny morning, we motored on to Loch Broome. At least 20 Red Breasted Mergansers, 2 Guillemots and a Grey Heron. A juvenile Great Northern Diver is no longer a pitfall. It’s obviously pale bill makes it look like a Yellow-billed to the novice, we learnt the hard way, at Dunnett Head a few years ago. The recorder for Northern Scotland gently put us right. Two Greenshanks flew the lengthnof a loch further on where we often see Black-throated Diver, but not to-day. Some stunning scenery along the way.
It clouded over as we approached Inverness but the sun was soon restored. Alturlie Point was a sea of mud, the water very distant at low tide. We scoped 24 Scaup and a Curlew before moving on to St George for our first Sandwich Terns of the trip. Loch Flemington.was very empty apart from a Little Grebe and a singing Reed Bunting.
Shopping at Tesco was a real chore, noisy, crowded and really, rather unpleasant, we were both dischuffed with it. Pam reccied a Clark’s shoe shop where I then bought a pair of navy velvet grandad slippers. My feet are so swollen still that my shoes are very uncomfortable indeed. What a sight. At bleast they’re not the tartan sort.....
We arrived at Fairwinds at 4.20, Pam went to see the owners and we completed the task of emptying the car and convoying the cases and umpteen bags up the steps. We went over to the hotel later in order to gain the WEP key so we could use our laptops. We have an open invitation to use he bar area at any time. I accessed my Emails before returning to the chalet hoping I could connect from there. No luck. Will have to load this onto my Blog to-morrow when an easy day is planned.
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