Wednesday 20 June 2012

Day 21 - Mallaig to Loch Scavaig on south coast of Skye

Glassy calm as we approach the Cullins

Not quite a perfect reflection!
Today has been probably been the last of the hot sunny and windless days. We returned just in time to see the cloud arrive with a brief shower.
Just 200 yards between the little island on the left and the rocks and it was low tide.

Lock Scavaig (courtesy of the Clyde Cruising Guide) at high tide with all the rocks covered.

When you click on this you can see South Uist 45 miles away. The visibility was incredible.


Loch Scavaig is encircled by the Cullins and has a very narrow entrance at the top of the loch between rocks. Our thoughts had been to anchor just inside a small island on the left hand side but when we saw the narrowness of the entrance we decided we would prefer to stay outside and admire the view!

Peter tried again with his fishing rod but while the birds were successful, he wasn't.


The day was complete when we saw a number of dolphins at a distance and finnaly a pod that came and encircled the boat, but it all happened so fast that our camera's wre not quick enought to get some decent shots.


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