Saturday 15 October 2011

9/7/2011 North Uist – Outer Hebrides, Scotland

We drove round to the opposite side of the loch to Sue’s house in search of otters we walked along and sat for a few hours but didn’t see any otters. We walked to the top of the hill for 360 degree views out over Locheport and North Uist then walked down past a chambered burial tomb to the pub (Langass lodge) for a drink in the garden. We then drove down to Northern South Uist to the Hebridean jewellery shop for a look via Stinky Bay and stopped for lunch on the Island of Baleshare looking out over the beach. We had quiche and a special Hebridean Scottish desert for dinner – carrageen, made from seaweed, milk and honey quite tasty! 

Sue and I admiring the interesting shell art on the wall of the pub at the start/end of the otter walk...

shell art

On our way to the otter spotting position at Locheport

Looking out over Locheport

Looking out over Locheport

Dad, Sue and Mum on the look out for otters!

Dad still looking...

Locheport

Walking further up over the hill for 360 degree views of North Uist

Locheport

Locheport

Dad, Mum, Sue and I at the top of the hill

And again - a little wind swept

Chambered buriel tomb


Dad, Mum and Sue having a drink in the pub garden

Looking out over the beach at  the Island of Baleshare

 The Island of Baleshare



 The Island of Baleshare

Dads photographic skills...

Oyster catcher

 The Island of Baleshare

Hebridean accommodation

More Hebridean accommodation

Oyster catcher

Scottish Highlanders on Northern South Uist

Scottish Highlander

More oyster catchers

On the road...

Peat farms

More otter searching

Ruins down Sue's road

Wild reindeer at the end of Sue's road

Reindeer

Reindeer grazing on the horizon

Typical Hebridean house

Mum, Sue and I having one more go at otter spotting in Locheport on Sue's plot

Loch weed!

Loch goodies

More wild reindeer

The monument at the end of Sue's road

This is what happens when you drink the bottles of wine in the foreground...

Carageen!

And the ingredients...




























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