Saturday
11th June
After
breakfast, Lyn took me down to the ferry for a visit to Cape Wrath.
Lyn and Button gave the trip a miss because of the long minibus drive
across rough roads to reach the Cape.
A
party of eleven took the small ferry across the Kyle of Durness where
the minibus met us for the journey. The eleven mile trip took an hour
as the road was in very poor condition. The scenery was wild and
quite desolate as we crossed the MOD bombing range. Our driver kept
us entertained with a running commentary and many bad jokes. Cape
Wrath as impressively isolated but one man lives there all season and
runs the OZone, a small cafe. I took many photos and ate my
sandwiches in the shelter of a wall looking out over the North
Atlantic. It was very breezy. The journey back seemed to go quite
quickly and we only had to wait for a few minutes for the ferry man
to return us to the other side of the Kyle.
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| On the ferry to Cape Wrath |
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| Our transport across the headland |
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| Cape Wrath light |
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| The OZone |
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| OZone menu - note Drachmas accepted! |
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| Sea stacks and natural arch |
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| Boarding the minibus for the return journey |
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| Kearvaig Bay and the sea stack known as "The Cathedral" |
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| Waiting for the return ferry. Morag can be seen in the car park |
Lyn
was waiting for me with Button. They had been to a beach at Balnakeil
Bay and visited a ruined church there. Button had enjoyed running on
the extensive unspoilt sands.
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