Friday 30th June

Skye

We have arrived on Skye and spent part of last night high up on a cliff side – until we decided to move to lower ground due to the extremely high winds and rain. We found sanctuary in a museum car park, which was great, but the stillness was not so great in the morning when we had to literally run away from the midges that were in heaven in the dampness. We both now have quite a few bites and have got all our mozzy deterrents out.

Our trip for the day, whale spotting was going ahead as planned which was amazing after the foul weather the night before! It changes so quickly here so you never know what to expect.
We set off on calm waters and soon spotted a whole load of seals and their pups basking on rocks.

Then we saw three porpoise (they are like small dolphins and are very shy) that gave us a show as we bobbed around trying to take photos which was impossible – sorry.
After this we had the great pleasure of seeing a whale quite near us. It was a quite big minky whale and it was amazing to actually see one and for it to be so close.
WE WERE REALLY EXCITED!

We powered on through now quite choppy seas. The wind was freezing! We were freezing! On round Rum and Eigg (two small islands of Skye), then around the most Southerly tip of Skye to see birds and grey seals.

When we got back we were absolutely exhausted and frozen. Three hours at sea is extremely tiring.
The rest of the day was taken up by mundane things and being exhausted. We will rest before setting off to explore some more of the island tomorrow.
Here’s our view for tonight from the Cuillin Hills.

Thanks to Sea.Fari for charging up the computer for us and giving us a great trip out.
www.whalespotting.co.uk