Yesterday, (yet again) we had a super but strenuous day, which ended by us saying "we really must relax a little more!"
Tuesday morning we had kayaked up to a beach just south of the kyle rhea narrows between Skye and the mainland, then carried our (rather heavy) camping gear a few miles up the Glenn Beag valley, visiting several Brochs on the way. These are amazing structures: about 2000 years old, looking a bit like double walled cooling towers. They were probably built partially for defensive purposes, but also for living in. Glen Beag has the second best preserved example which is about 10m high (the best preserved is on the island of Harris in the Outer Hebrides)
The next day we climbed Sgritheall (pronounced Scriol!) for a wonderful view from Ardamurchan peninsula to Torriden and the Hebrides, before coming down, repacking the kayak and zooming (at 15kph) on the tide through the Kyle Rhea narrows. The tide slooshes through here to Loch Alsh and out through Kyle Akin, giving 2 narrow opportunities each day to go through. The next opportunity was going to be 4am Thursday. Not an attractive proposition!
We finally put the tent up on a beach just W of Kyle of Lockalsh at about 7pm, determined to relax the following morning while we waited for the next tidal "window" to open at 3pm so we could go through the Kyle Alkin narrow to the open sea once more.
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