To the end of the track – days end

1 July.

A rest day.  Rain moved in for quite a while but did not deter visiting the Smokery where Peat smoked salmon was purchased.  There are two craft venues locally, one with more than the usual tourist items but did have some Coll pottery – now two vases short!  The other had local crafts, woven hangings, cards and paintings mostly by Gerry Irvine, former owner of The Summer Isles Hotel. 

Back at 173 with fair weather I located another waterfall, whether it is the one mentioned in the cottage journals who knows for getting down to the bank side would have been suicidal as the rains had swelled the burn into a raging torrent thundering it’s way to the loch. 

   

Patience was rewarded for staying up late with a glorious sunset and rainbow.  Midges or no midges photo opportunity was a must. Donning jacket with hood I clambered to my vantage point and through a wall of midges just kept clicking away as the light continually changed highlighting mountains and movement of water.

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