I walked out to Neist Point and the lighthouse. It is pretty remote for Skye – not many houses, lots of sheep and seagulls and the best 3G I have had on this side of the island!
Once down on the rocks taking photographs, I spent an hour or so watching 7 or 8 basking sharks feeding. Some getting reasonably near to the cliffs where I was standing.
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I have some video of the sharks that I will upload later.
There was a lot of early activity at the campsite with people setting off for home at the end of their holiday. So to avoid that and the midges I drove down the coast, through Dunvegan, and parked where I had a good view to eat my croissants, jam and fresh coffee.
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I found a great place to stop for lunch, right on the cliff top, with a view of the Old Man of Storr and along the coast.
I made fresh coffee and had some perfect ring doughnuts that I bought in Portree this morning.
The Skye Camping and Caravan Club site is located on the side of Loch Greshornish near Edinbane. The site is very exposed to the the prevailing westerly winds – which were blowing hard as I put my tent up.
Because of the wind I pitched the back of the tent to the view (and wind) and put the wind break at the back to give the tent some protection. This also means I am cooking at the back of the tent.
Not that it is windy all time – this morning the wind had dropped off to a light breeze and I had my breakfast looking out over the loch.
There is no EE phone signal at the site so no 3G or even 2G, the posts I have made this morning have been done in Portree, where there is a poor 2G EE service. I looked around the village for a cafe with wifi but could not find one – and the couple of BT wifi signals I found had their public wifi turned off!
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