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After rounding the Mull of Kintyre and entering the Firth of Clyde we came across a pair of sea eagles soaring with their offspring.
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We needed a break and the sight of the sands of Carskey Bay proved most welcome.
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We were by now rather hot.
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I went for a very quick swim while Tony sensibly cracked open a can of Guinness.
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We lazed in the sun while we looked back at the line of cliffs leading to the Mull of Kintyre, home of mists and sea eagles..... days like these.....
26/07/2008