First thing in the morning we walked a route around the headland of our lighthouse, which is the route I had wanted to run on our first day here but bottled out. We went along the cliffs and, although we had set off in beautiful sunshine, around half a mile in the heavens opened and we got hailed on in a major way, although only for a couple of minutes.
The sun was then shining again and we continued our walk along the cliff tops. About half an hour later, the weather turned again and this time we got snowed on!
Again the snow was only brief and the sun came back out. Kit was on and off, on and off!
The views were beautiful up here and we skirted round the top of a beach before finding a proper path by the side of a farm. Finally, a chance for my feet to dry off a bit. Not for long though as we then had to climb up a big hill to get up to the masts on top. The hill was incredibly boggy all the way up and our feet got soaked through. After a long slog, we got to the top and then just went back to the lighthouse via the road.
Later in the afternoon, after refueling at our favourite cafe in Gairloch, we drove to a place called Shieldaig and went for a walk to Fairy Lochs, which is the site of a WW2 plane crash. It's a tragic story really as the war was over and the American crew of the B24 Liberator bomber plane were flying back home when the plane crashed. The wreckage is all still there and it's forbidden to remove any of it as it is a war grave. It was very eerie up there and so quiet. If interested, you can read more about it here http://www.aircrew-saltire.org/lib170.htm.
On our walk back down from the crash site, we came across a path which Duncan decided would be good to ride and would be equally good for me to run so today we came back here to do just that.
Unfortunately, Ruby wasn't up to it today though as her paws were sore from all the running/walking so I decided to stay with her in the van whilst Duncan went riding. We were in the van for four hours whilst he was out! I sat in the sunshine reading my book and Ruby curled up beside me having a good old rest.
Once Duncan returned we went for some lunch and a drive around and then later on that day we drove back there and this time I went for a run whilst Duncan stayed in the van with Ruby.
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