Sailing to Tarbet, on Harris, through wild weather. The last few days were too stormy to sail.
The long entry to Tarbet is still after the wild winds between Skye and Harris.
Sheryl watching the approach to Tarbet
Approaching Tarbet
The ferry crew preparing to throw morring ropes at Tarbet.
Our first night's cheese board and a warm fire in Alison's Upper Bayble cottage.
More picture postcard scenery on Lewis.
By the side of the road between Tarbet and Stornoway we found Tom. He was painting this loch between hail showers, protected from the wind by his van.
Tom is from Lewis, Shouth England.
By the side of the road between Tarbet and Stornoway we found Tom. He was painting this loch between hail showers, protected from the wind by his van.
Tom is from Lewis, Shouth England.
By the side of the road between Tarbet and Stornoway we found Tom. He was painting this loch between hail showers, protected from the wind by his van.
Tom is from Lewis, Shouth England.
The beach at North Shawbost, where grandma was birn and grew up. This is possibly the beach where she told me she woudl collect sea weed for food.
Horses on the North Shawbst beach.
A river running into the sea at beautiful lonely rugged Dalbeg.
A river running into the sea at beautiful lonely rugged Dalbeg.
One of the few occupants out and about at Dalbeg on this day.
A ruined black house at Dalbeg
A ruined black house at Dalbeg
Only sheep wondering the hills on this cold day at Dalbeg.
The loch at Dalbeg
The loch at Dalbeg
Picture postcard scenery by the road between Stornoway and Tarbet.
A boat enters Stornoway harbour on a still afternoon.
Alison's Cottage
The road to Bayble pier
Old and new fences.
The new fence has been built outside the old making a convenient path that goes nowhre in particular.
Old and new fences.
Sheryl checking a map.
The new fence has been built outside the old making a convenient path that goes nowhre in particular.
An old truck that is now past derelict sits on the heather bog in Upper Bayble
Grandma was grew up in this cottage, and spent her childhood here, to around 18 when she left for Australia. She was born a short walk away on a nearby croft, where family still live.
The rear third is a newer extension to the orginal house.
This truck was making deliveries in Shawbost when we saw it. Inside is a complete shop, run by John.
Sheryl looking out at the Atlantic from the Ness lighthouse on a wild and windy day
The Atlantic churning into a rocky bay below the Ness lighthouse. At the bottom is a large chunk of cliff that had fallen off recently enough (last 100 years) to force the relocation of the lighthouse
Lochans above the cliffs on the Ness coastline
The Ness lighthouse seen across the tops of Lewis cliffs scoured bare by the Atlantic winds
A rigged canoe inside a gear shed at Ness harbour. It could work...
Rusted chain inside a gear shed at the Ness harbour.
Sheep moving along the road near Alison's cottage in Upper Bayble.
Walks around Point from Upper Bayble
Walks around Point from Upper Bayble
Walks around Point from Upper Bayble
Walks around Point from Upper Bayble
Walks around Point from Upper Bayble
Walks around Point from Upper Bayble
Walks around Point from Upper Bayble
Walks around Point from Upper Bayble
A long sheep shelters behind the cemetery wall at Vlatos Farm.
The bay at Vlatos farm.
The Shawbost Morrisons were evicted from Vlatos farm, near Uig (Lewis)
, in the 1880s
The bay at Vlatos farm.
The Shawbost Morrisons were evicted from Vlatos farm, near Uig (Lewis), in the 1880s
Wide white sands looking out to Iceland across the Atlantic
Wide white sands looking out to Iceland across the Atlantic
The Callanish standing stones, erected over 4,500 years ago.
The Callanish standing stones, erected over 4,500 years ago.
The Callanish standing stones, erected over 4,500 years ago.
The Gearannan blackhouse village. It was abandoned in the 1950s when its elderly residents could no longer perform the necessary maintenance, and restored in the late 1980s as a tourist attraction and hostel.
The peat stack at the Gearannan blackhouse village
Leaving Lewis, from Stornoway to Ullapool.
Leaving Lewis, from Stornoway to Ullapool.
Back on the Scottish mainland at Ullapool harbour.
Back on the Scottish mainland at Ullapool harbour.
Back on the Scottish mainland at Ullapool harbour.
