Slowly the sun rose over the ridge formed by the giant raised beach...
... and warmed the sands of Ruantallain.
Down on the beach there were fewer midges, so we cooked breakfast beside the kayaks.
The beaches at the mouth of Loch Tarbert are like those four on Colonsay and Oronsay, which are ranked in the top 20 Scottish Highland and Island beaches. We had now been on five out of the twenty in the last three days!
We sat admiring the view and warmed ourselves in the early morning sun like lizards, in preparation for the exertions ahead.