Today saw our first full day on the Isle of Harris in the Outer Herbrides. We had decided to have a relaxing morning before heading out. When we arrived the owner had left us a welcome hamper which included some local hot smoked salmon. Lyns and I demolished this as Granny and Grandad did not want any. Accompanied by toast and scrambled egg, it made the perfect start to the day.
As it happened, the morning turned out to be a wash out but the afternoon saw a big yellow blob appear in the sky, something we had not been expecting. We headed out to Luskentyre Beach which is one of the most amazing beaches you will ever see. Golden sand stretching for miles and turquoise sea. Shame about the chilly gale blowing but you cannot have everything.
Unfortunately for James, but fortunately for us, there were very few shells on this beach. This meant that James and I headed down to the sea while everyone else stayed at the top of the beach. We had a lovely twenty mins or so with James splashing in the sea and running away from the waves. His little face beamed as he screamed and ran away from them, all the while, fully protected in his wellies and puddle suit.
After splashing around in the sea, it was time for lunch. Lyns, Granny and Grandad had disappeared into the dunes to take shelter from the wind. By the time James and I had got there everyone had disappeared which meant we got to play hunt mummy!
Can you spot grandad
This way James
Lets get your hand warmed up
Longingly looking to see if they can see somewhere warm that sells cups of tea
After we had finished lunch we headed back to the car. James was asleep within a few minutes, this meant Lyns very kindly pulled over on the way back to let me take some pictures of the waves crashing onto the rocks. I had a very fun twenty five minutes or so before heading back to the car and back to the cottage so we could have a brew and do dinner.
After dinner had been finished, it looked like the sunset was going to be spectacular. Lyns again very kindly let me go out, missing James’ bath time, and I headed up to a spot I had found earlier in the day. The sunset was not to be, however, it was lovely to sit and watch the sun go down, until, that is, a rain shower came in and drenched me to the skin. One of those things.
The view was nice until I noticed the rain heading my way
With that, the day was more or less over. A nice whiskey and a film saw it time to head to bed, all set for another adventure tomorrow.