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Camas 2012

A long weekend visit to our rural getaway...

2012-06-22 Camas_0001.jpg The reservior behind the hydro dam at Altguish seems very low - I thin it's getting lower each year just now.
2012-06-22 Camas_0002.jpg A first view of Stac Pollaidh glaring out from under the clouds.
2012-06-22 Camas_0003.jpg Ruth saluting me. It's nice to get the respect I deserve for a change.
2012-06-22 Camas_0008.jpg Paddling on the beach at Achnahaird. Well, in Ruth's case almost paddling.
2012-06-22 Camas_0010.jpg Just to prove we both got our feet wet...
2012-06-22 Camas_0013.jpg Hello, it's us. Either that, or it's "hug a hoodie" day...
2012-06-22 Camas_0014.jpg Aww, us again.
2012-06-22 Camas_0015.jpg Ruth photgraphing some really interesting sand.
2012-06-22 Camas_0016.jpg Surf's up! For a mouse at any rate - these are actually tiny ripples, scarcely an inch high. I just held my camera really low.
2012-06-22 Camas_0018.jpg The payphone in the pub used to be our main means of communication up here. Now everyone has a mobile, it is no more. Only the socket remains.
2012-06-22 Camas_0020.jpg It's always a relief when the roof is still on.
2012-06-22 Camas_0022.jpg Usable weather - mostly cloudy with a few sunny patches and the odd very light shower.
2012-06-22 Camas_0026.jpg Us again - out for a walk this time.
2012-06-22 Camas_0027.jpg Ruth is a bit nervous scrambling on rocks.
2012-06-22 Camas_0028.jpg She made it round to this rather spectacular rock pool though.
2012-06-22 Camas_0029.jpg The even more spectacular "swimming pool".
2012-06-22 Camas_0030.jpg I've never swum here, but apparantly it heats up on a sunny day so it isn't as cold as the sea,
2012-06-22 Camas_0032.jpg Ruth having a break as we scramble back across the rocks.
2012-06-22 Camas_0033.jpg Nervous on rocky terrain, but straight up this steep hillside like a mountain goat!
2012-06-22 Camas_0034.jpg The rock pools are down there - it is a bit of a faff to get down to sea level and over the rocks to them.
2012-06-22 Camas_0035.jpg The millstone at Totaig.
2012-06-22 Camas_0036.jpg Faochag Bay, the furthest point of our walk.
2012-06-22 Camas_0037.jpg Nearly home - this is the bay our house is at the back of, Camas Eilan Ghlais.
2012-06-22 Camas_0040.jpg And now for something completely different. I love the fine, intertwined lines of rust on the bottom of this tin.
2012-06-22 Camas_0043.jpg Ripples on the beach at Gruinard Bay. It is best known for the island out there which was contaminated with Anthrax during biological warfare experiments in the Second World War . It is advertised as having pink sand beaches. The sand is pinker than usual, but I'm not sure I would have noticed if I hadn't read the tourist propaganda before visiting.
2012-06-22 Camas_0044.jpg Ruth trying to avoid getting her trousers wet while crossing a stream.
2012-06-22 Camas_0047.jpg A worm cast on the beach.
2012-06-22 Camas_0048.jpg Kelp.
2012-06-22 Camas_0049.jpg Birds foraging at the water's edge.
2012-06-22 Camas_0052.jpg Ruth.
2012-06-22 Camas_0053.jpg Us again!
2012-06-22 Camas_0054.jpg The beach at Gruinard Bay is pretty big - at least at low tide.
2012-06-22 Camas_0056.jpg Ruth attempting some ambitious mountaineering.
2012-06-22 Camas_0057.jpg The wooden stairs down to the beach - they look rickety but withstood my weight successfully.
2012-06-22 Camas_0060.jpg How can a road be so straight in such rough trrain? Aren't bulldozers brilliant?
2012-06-22 Camas_0061.jpg Ruth in the bar at the Summer Isles Hotel, where we had a rather delectable dinner.
2012-06-22 Camas_0064.jpg Ruth on the beach, watching for an otter. At least we're pretty sure it was an otter.
2012-06-22 Camas_0065.jpg The beach and the island.
2012-06-22 Camas_0066.jpg Ruth checking out her photos from otter watch post number two!
2012-06-22 Camas_0068.jpg Otter watch post number three.
2012-06-22 Camas_0069.jpg We're pretty sure this is an otter - it sure as heck wasn't behaving like a seal. It was too far away to be absolutely sure though!
2012-06-22 Camas_0071.jpg The sheep were missing from the peninsula the first few days - then miraculously reappeared.
2012-06-22 Camas_0072.jpg Ruth "princess of fire" Stevenson was in charge of the fire each night. She did an excellent job!
2012-06-22 Camas_0074.jpg The newly painted end wall of the house. Now we just need to refresh the pain on the rest of the interior, and the floor.
2012-06-22 Camas_0075.jpg Ruth ready to head back to the car at the end of our stay.
2012-06-22 Camas_0077.jpg She has a definite spring in her step at the thought of returning to civilisation, in spite of the load on her back!
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