Flowerdale Waterfall

Today we went for a wee jaunt to Gairloch for no particular reason. It looked as if it was going to rain all day, and in fact we could see that it was raining across on Skye, but it remained dry, although very warm and humid. And it certainly felt rather tropical as we walked up to the Flowerdale Waterfall, which is in a little valley just outside the village. The valley was abundant with vegetation including lots of trees and ferns. The path was lined with daisies, buttercups and forget-me-nots. It was an easy 5 km round trip to a little bridge at the top of the waterfall. Then we decided to visit Big Sand, a beach that lived up to its name. It is surrounded by a large caravan and camping site, but wasn’t at all busy today and I paddled along its length, the sea water cooled my hot feet. Mind you, I had to watch my step; jellyfish season has arrived and there were many small translucent moon jelly fish in the shallows, with little blue circles inside them. Their sting isn’t meant to be very painful but I didn’t fancy finding out. I didn’t see any lion’s mane jellyfish, whose sting is much more painful, and who also frequent this coast.