After a brief respite on Wednesday when we finally got out in the kayak, the wet and windy weather returned. Despite buying some waterproofing spray for the tent earlier in the week, we are still getting leaks in some of the areas we had already sprayed. The rain has been pretty heavy and it came through the horizontal seams on the windward side of the tent, whereas just a little bit of spray came in on the other side.
We always take one microfibre towel camping just for general use, and we saturated it trying to mop up. The campsite loaned us some more towels, and thankfully the weather was due to dry up Friday and Saturday. Before our next trip we will have to get some decent waterproofing spray to sort the tent out.
So Thursday has been a quiet day, apart from the mopping up, just some reading and relaxing, then over to Achmelvich to pick up some fish & chips for dinner.
Friday was much better as the weather forecast had promised. Phew! It was still fairly windy and the sea state was quite choppy, but the sun was shining and despite the cold wind, it was lovely. We decided it was too choppy to do our “usual” kayak from Clachtoll to Achmelvich, so we headed back to kayak again with the seals and picnic on the same beautiful island beach that we were at on Wednesday.
The seals let us get closer this time before they dived into the water. I think maybe they were getting used to us and realised we weren’t a threat? We got some good close-up photos, and again, lots of them swam around us once they were in the water.
We had our picnic on the same beach and spent some time just enjoying the scenery and the sun on our faces.
The kayaking was a bit more challenging, even although it was mainly sheltered, there was a fairly strong current (in places) to contend with.
Our campsite dinner was pizza take away night from the Jammery in nearby Culkien. Very good! And the leftovers did us for lunch on our way home on Saturday.
The weather may not have favoured us as much as it had on previous visits, but we have still had a lovely time and got out most days. This part of Scotland, and this campsite too, are particularly special. Anyone coming up next week should be in for a treat as the forecast for the week is much calmer, sunnier, way less rain and slightly warmer temperatures. Everything got packed away dry in the end, which is always a big bonus!
Wish we were staying longer, but unfortunately work beckons on Monday…
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