Day 40: Wednesday 18th May 2022
We were a bit undecided on what to do today and over the next few days. The possibilities were to either drive to Beinn Eighe or walk locally, and also whether or not we would attempt to go to Skye tomorrow at some point (early or late to miss the wind). However, we found that the fridge may have stopped working on electric, which stalled our plans for a few hours whilst we tested it. It does work on gas, but potentially not on 230v which could be a problem. So that ruled out travelling to Beinn Eighe as we would have run out of time, as it is a long walk and a distance away.
Feeling a tiny bit disheartened, we decided to walk up to the viewpoint near the campsite to get out of the van and get some fresh air. The best decision! Just as we got there, we came nearly face to face with three deer!!! Which was magnificent!!! Walking up to get to the bench marking the viewpoint, we spotted 7 all together. There were stunning views of Loch Carron and the surrounding peaks.
It was extremely windy though, so the picnic we had brought to have at the viewpoint was instead eaten on the picnic benches back down at the campsite, although still lovely views of the loch.
We then headed off to “The Island That Isn’t” (our name) - part of the land by the loch that gets cut off only when there is a high tide during Spring. Quite a bit of scrambling was done here as some of the ‘path’ was to go over rocks, but it was a lot of fun and something that we haven’t really done on this road trip. It is a lovely place.
We did decide to leave the fridge on electric whilst we were gone to see whether it was working, and have a bit more hope now that it might be okay?
Catching up on a few things this evening like the blog!
Just catching up with the last few days of your adventure. Wow! What amazing scenery, eh? Hope you are feeling better and that the fridge is working properly! Keep up the great work. Really enjoying your blog, thank you.
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