Cafe Kisimul Curry

Yesterday was our last day in Barra and it was a good one. Not as sunny as the day before but dry, James, Ewan, Heather and David climbed Beinn Heabhal in the morning. David described it as an "epic" climb and they walked up from Halaman Bay. David thought he heard a pheasant but James told him that it was a digger lifting metal, Davie was then delighted when they saw that it really was a pheasant! David also stepped in a really deep puddle beside a gate but took it in good part. Meanwhile Andrew and Alasdair were studying while Jennifer and I went into Castlebay where we did a small amount of shopping and had coffee and a chat, my lovely god-daughter is very pleasant company. I collected our hill walkers from Castlebay and we all had lunch in our cottage. The highlight of the afternoon for me was a great walk with Heather from the cottages to Northbay, which is five miles. We saw the well known (in Barra!) rock formation which resembles Queen Victoria's nose! It was really good fun and James and Ewan came and collected us by car at five o'clock. This left plenty of time for a luxurious bath before tea. We went to the Cafe Kisimul for an Indian meal. It was a lovely curry, we enjoyed the scallop pakora that we had for starters. A fitting celebration for the end of a great holiday, I have enjoyed the mixture of exercise and relaxation and the company has been excellent.