Wednesday 12th July
The Sleeping Beauty and The Lewis Women

We’ve had a very special day today with our very good friend, Linda who has inspired us on many of our journies.

We started by visiting an exhibition put on by Margaret and Ron Curtis (resident archaeologists), which was held in an outbuilding of their house. They had lots of really interesting information and amazing photos and diagrams of the Callanish stone circles. As well as the main circle there are many others very close by which we plan to visit tomorrow.

We then drove to the Sleeping Beauty mountains and spent some time being with her. The plan was to walk on her but the weather is still so windy that walking is out of the question. It’s a battle just getting out of the van! She is absolutely beautiful. The closer you get the more she looks like a sleeping beauty. You can even see the strands of her hair flowing down. The landscape on these islands is really full of goddesses and giants.

We then went on to Stornoway, the main town of the island, and ate some amazing food at Digby Chicks.
After which, we went and listened to the Lewis Women singing as part of the Hebridean Music Festival. They blew our minds with the pure beauty of their voices. All sung in Gaelic so we didn’t understand the words but felt the deep soulness of their voices. Six women, all exceptional singers on their own and with each other. Brought tears to the eyes! Their voices brought the same deep feelings as walking the land and sailing the sea on these islands. Very touching and we feel blessed to have had this experience. Thank you.
Our whole journey has been amazing and I’ve found myself being so much in appreciation. We couldn’t have asked for more (except for this wind to drop!!).

On a high and blissed out, we visited the Callanish stone circle once again. It was about 11pm and the wind was really full on so we spent our time sheltering behind the large stones for protection!

As we pulled up outside the cottage, we were blown away by the Moon, which just suddenly appeared from behind the clouds in all her glory. What a beautiful ending to a beautiful day.

We stayed up until 3am socialising around the open fire in the living room burning the peat from the land that makes a really lovely fire. The night before we had spent the whole evening around the fire chatting, laughing, joking, story telling, playing and singing. All the things we love to do together. It’s so nice to be experiencing this journey with such good friends.

This evening we exchanged stories of our day’s experiences. Everyone had had an amazing mind blowing day and we all acknowledged how blessed we’ve been and talked about returning in 18.6 years time…….