After saying farewell to Stornoway, we sat out 36 hours of strong
southerlies at Lemrevay, Loch Shell and had to motor the anchor out as
it was so well dug in. After a night at Scalpay North Harbour we crossed
the Minch in a flat calm to Acarseid Mor on Rona, a popular anchorage
which we shared with three other yachts – that is crowded by our
standards! Then to Portree where we waited at the pier for two hours for
diesel as, due to staff shortage, one harbourmaster is covering both Uig
and Portree. The next day the Mate bussed round the Totternish peninsula
while the Skipper climbed a couple of the Red Cuillins. We moved on in
the evening to the Crowlin Islands where we were fortunate to meet
Seanachan and Ilona on Sonas, and had a drink and a blether with them.
It was a beautiful evening and the photo was taken after 11pm.