2024 Outer Hebrides – Fuzzy Water
Day 06 Wednesday 21st Aug – Day 05 Tuesday – Stormbound still!
It was all going so well, we hunkered down in the storm-force winds, when a shout for help from Dave followed a tent pole snapping. With several pairs of hands helping out the tent was dropped and further damage avoided, and Dave prepared to spend the night in his van.
Then snap went one of the poles in my tent and after managing to collapse it to avoid further damage. A quick call was made to Iain (campsite owner) to see if there was any space in the bunkhouse. It was full but were offered one of the camping huts as it was free. It was a no-brainer.
By now it was wet, windy and miserable – so after a few trips to what we christened the “hobbit hut”. Dave and I moved in for 2 nights of storm-bound comfort. A heater, fairy lights, a microwave and a kettle. What is not to love about that? There was a moment or two of worry about our comrades when the wind actually shook the hut but that soon passed with a glass of whisky.
We had been watching the weather for several days and overnight the tail end of hurricane Ernesto swept past the islands. Most of the camper vans and tents had moved on from the campsite to find more sheltered positions leaving us hunkering down behind the bunkhouse. We had a drying room and bothy-style kitchen.
It was a day of stories, quiet reading and waiting around which often happens on extended expeditions.
