Scurrival Beach

A beautiful day on Barra so we decided to go to a beach. First though Hector came round to fix the washing machine, which has been broken since we arrived, and which we need to use urgently since our clothes are all salty from sea spray. Hector was very helpful and we had a good chat although, despite both being Scottish, we had trouble understanding each other's accents. He told me the correct way to pronounce Eoligarry (Elligarry) and that is where we then headed. It's up in the north, past the airport. We parked the car at Eoligarry jetty and then walked the length of Scurrival Beach and back. The views across the water of smaller islands were gorgeous, and the sea was blue-green striped with long dark blue bands which I presume were rocks under the water. Davie collected lots of shells of all different shapes and sizes on the sandy beach and we left our shoes on a rock and walked along barefoot, it was great. On the way back to Castlebay we called in at Barratlantic's headquarters, where you can get fish and shellfish straight off the boats. The staff told me that the boats have gone out today for the first time for a few days because the sea has been so stormy. If the weather stays good they will stay out for a couple of days. We stopped in Castlebay to visit the Hebridean Toffee Shop and sampled their toffee, which is like a caramelized tablet, very nice. We purchased some for later. Back to the cottage where we are about to head down to the rocks to watch the waves.