A whistle stop tour of Lewis

Just a quick summary of our adventures today, but I have just used the small camera and hopefully will later do some little features using more photos.

Fairly long run north by coach and we thought we had plenty of time to spare for the ferry, however we arrived with only ten minutes to spare !!! But the did admit that the ferry was leaving an hour early as it was squeezing in six crossings instead of the normal two a day.

We left the mainland, Ullapool, on the MacBraynes boat "Isle of Lewis" and in good weather, nearly three hours later we reached
Stornoway in pouring rain and a blowing gale. Fortunately, the Caladh Hotel was only a couple of minutes away and the staff were all prepared for us. What a wonderful evening meal, great selection of food and extremely well prepared and presented. Staff were first class and could not do too much to help us.

We were, however, very tired and zonked out by 10 p.m.

Up with the larks and had a wee walk down round the harbour before an excellent breakfast, including the world famous "Stornaway black pudding" - and then off in the coach.

We made off up the east coast to Tolsta, where we saw "the bridge to nowhere" built in the early 1900's but the road ran out of funds so the road stops at the edge of the bridge. The bay is beautiful (normally basked in sunshine), but we stopped short of the ritual paddle this morning.

Next stop was the standing stones at Callanish, a "magic" circle of stones dating back 3000 - 4000 years which makes them older than Stonhenge or the Pyramids of Egypt.

Next stop was the brock at Dun Carloway, dating back to 100 - 300BC, on a prominent headland with spectacular views

We stopped off at the Blackhouse Village, Carloway, before heading home where, of course we went to Tesco's !!!!