Day 4 Wednesday Torr Mor, Sandaig Bay to Eilean a Mhuineil by Dave Brown

A beautifully, sunny morning on Sandaig Bay. I had just 1 question to ask today – do you wear a cag? All of us opted for the no-cag deal, it was that hot, what a start. 

Gliding along the flat calm sea was just so good, blue skies. It’s all going well when Ian asked the group about how much water we had. We decided to stop at the first good water spot. It turned out to be at a small harbour, called Airor with 3 rusting ships which I think were still being used. Ian asked the man on the side of the pier if they would give us some drinking water. 5 mins came the reply and yes by the side of the woodshed we all lined up with bottles and the yellow water came out very fast, peat flavoured. It seemed drinkable, this was our elevenses stop.  

We paddled onto Eilean Aigastan, a stony beach for our lunch break, a bit of a climb to the top for a nice rest looking over to Sky.  Then it was on to our campsite with stunning scenery on the way to Eilean a Mhuineil. 

The campsite was on a spit of land with stones. We put the tents and Ian’s tarp up as we were expecting rain. The wind was getting up a bit, good for stopping the midges pestering us while we placed big stones on our guy lines to keep them in the ground.

Tony was the only one who took a bath in the stream that was a long walk and a climb to get to.  

After cooking dinner, we had a nice display by an otter of how to chase your dinner and catch it. In the night the rain arrived, and the wind got up and changed direction, so we took down Ian’s tarp and added more stones onto the pegs of our tents.