We set off across the Sound of Gigha towards the Kintyre mainland in glassy calm conditions but it is not always like this...
...as this photo, taken in the same place 6 yearrs previously (2007), shows all too clearly. Strong tides, shallow sea and wind against tide can soon rustle up some rough conditions.
Although it was calm, our route lay along the course of the Islay ferries, the ...
...MV Flaggan passed on her way out and the...
...MV Hebridean Isles passed us on her way in to Kennacraig. We kept well to the south of the ferries and...
...after a 10km crossing we entered the mouth of West Loch Tarbert.
We made landfall at the head of
Dunskeig Bay. Dun Skeig hill towers above the bay and on its summit lie the remains of 3 successive hill forts or duns.
As we unpacked our breakfast things the MV Hebridean Isles made its way back out of the narrow entrance to West Loch Tarbert.
