Easter Egg Hunt

The weather forecast was not great for Sunday so when I set off for a walk with Cat, Christine, Gerry and Chanel we all wore plenty of waterproof clothing. It was actually raining as we walked through the village past the pub. But our luck changed because shortly afterwards it stopped raining and stayed dry for the rest of the day: in fact the sun came out and stayed out to give us spectacular views of the island of Eigg with Skye in the distance. This was just as well because the walk was much longer than I had anticipated; about 19 km from Inverie to the beach at Sandaig and back. It was also steeper than I had thought it would be. It’s a coastal path but after the first bit it rises up and follows the line of the hills. Cat later calculated that all in all we had climbed 394 metres. I’m so glad that I didn’t know all this in advance because I would probably have panicked. In the event I plodded onwards and managed fine, with encouragement from Chanel, and lots of chat and good company. The ever changing views were wonderful; Inverie feels so remote and I love it. When we got to Sandaig we walked steeply downhill to the beach where we had sandwiches and coffee to revive ourselves for the return journey. Of course, once we had climbed back up from the beach to the top of the road, it was all downhill back to Inverie which was fantastic. 

I had time to organise an Easter Egg hunt for Ally, Cat, Davie and Chanel before dinner, for which the girls were a lot more enthusiastic than the boys; instead of gathering the eggs that they found, Ally and Davie munched them straight away! 

Dinner was at The Lookout which was excellent, and we all walked back in the dark with our head torches lighting the way.