It was a day for seeing hills as we moved south – Quinag, Suilven,
Coigach hills, Inverlael group, Fannichs, An Teallach and the Carnmore
hills, including a’Mhaighdean the remotest of the Munros. Reminders of
how little exercise is taken on an extended cruise. Mist rolled on and
off the hills, but it was clear at sea except during a single short,
sharp downpour. The afternoon brightened and we entered Loch Ewe -
always a disappointment seen from landward but much more attractive from
seaward. The loch was an assembly area for Atlantic convoys during the
war, and numerous concrete gun emplacements still stand today. Aultbea
is still a NATO fuel depot. The photo shows the peaks of An Teallach
behind the Coastguard vessel at anchor off the Isle of Ewe.