Laig Bay (of the ‘singing sands’) on Eigg provides temporary anchorage
in offshore winds, so we took advantage of such conditions for a short
visit. While the Mate walked the road over to Galmisdale, the Skipper
took to the heights above Cleadale. Steeply up through a breach in the
imposing cliffs, then easily but dramatically along the cliff edge to
the summit – Sgorr an Fharaidh 1,115ft – then a descent from the north
end of the cliffs. As there was no summit cairn, a small one was started
with the hope that others will add to it in future. As the camera had
been left aboard there is no photo of Eigg, but this shot of the Rum
Cuillin from Orval makes amends – there can be few, if any, neater
mountain groups in Scotland. The SE breeze gave us a good sail up the
Sound of Sleat to Isle Ornsay, where we spent the night.