Jennifer and Russell came to visit us for six days mid August and we had plenty of fun. The weather forecast was poor, but every day the weather turned out to be much better than predicted. So Russ was able to play golf twice and Jenn and I strolled around the village and had several cups of coffee sitting outside Tea by the Sea.
James went away overnight on the Saturday to complete his last Munro top, quite an achievement, which he has been working towards for a while.
While he was away, Jenn, Russ and I went on a whale and dolphin watching trip on the rib, the Seascape. Jennifer and I were concerned that we might need to go to the bathroom during the three hour trip, and Jennifer seriously suggested buying some incontinence pads from Boots! At least I think that she was serious! What we actually did was sneak into the Seaforth restaurant’s toilets just before we set off, and all was well. We got kitted up in flotation suits, which I initially found to be far too hot, but when we were travelling fast over the sea they kept us nice and cosy. We zig-zagged out to the Summer Isles, saw a sea eagle and nosed our way into a couple of sea caves at Priest Island, where there were lots of colourful jellyfish bobbing about. We saw three pods of dolphins who were full of the joys, leaping out of the water and racing alongside the boat. Then we headed out into the Minch and after a bit of searching we were rewarded by the sight of a “blow” in the distance. The skipper slowed down the boat and we approached the whale, which was not at all perturbed by our presence. It was a big humpback whale and it rose and dived near us, at one point it went right under the boat and rose up in front of us which was amazing. It was a fantastic boat trip.
James went away overnight on the Saturday to complete his last Munro top, quite an achievement, which he has been working towards for a while.
While he was away, Jenn, Russ and I went on a whale and dolphin watching trip on the rib, the Seascape. Jennifer and I were concerned that we might need to go to the bathroom during the three hour trip, and Jennifer seriously suggested buying some incontinence pads from Boots! At least I think that she was serious! What we actually did was sneak into the Seaforth restaurant’s toilets just before we set off, and all was well. We got kitted up in flotation suits, which I initially found to be far too hot, but when we were travelling fast over the sea they kept us nice and cosy. We zig-zagged out to the Summer Isles, saw a sea eagle and nosed our way into a couple of sea caves at Priest Island, where there were lots of colourful jellyfish bobbing about. We saw three pods of dolphins who were full of the joys, leaping out of the water and racing alongside the boat. Then we headed out into the Minch and after a bit of searching we were rewarded by the sight of a “blow” in the distance. The skipper slowed down the boat and we approached the whale, which was not at all perturbed by our presence. It was a big humpback whale and it rose and dived near us, at one point it went right under the boat and rose up in front of us which was amazing. It was a fantastic boat trip.
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