Backblip: Giddy-up!

The midgies were already in the air when we woke to that stunning view in bright sunshine. We set off for our next destination, planning to dawdle and to play at Little Gruinard bay before settling overnight at the Inverewe camp site.  The sun grew ever brighter and ever hotter and then Mr L came up with a most sensible suggestion - let's leg it to Inverewe and enjoy the garden in this beautiful weather, instead of tomorrow when rain is expected. Well done, that man.

And that is just what we did - we drove straight to the gardens and spent an enjoyable day. I was worn out after the garden bit so Nell and Mr L did the Forest #6 part on their own, while I napped on Brunhilde's bed.

They were back before I knew it, so perhaps I slept.

Inverewe was our second formal camp site. Expensive but with good facilities, extremely clean and orderly, and just across the road from the sea and within sight of the gardens (the NTS own the land but the site is club-operated). We walked out before tea to explore Poolewe, which is pleasant and afforded ourselves of the picnic table outside the Poolewe Hotel, for a cooling pint of cider, before exploring the very interesting burial ground adjacent to the camp site.

After our meal we sat by Brunhilde's window and were teased by what must have been a brilliant display by the sun on the far side of the hill. What we got was quite astonishing though.

Midge Quotients: Low in the gardens, Absent at the camp site.

Above, Willow Sculpture in the walled garden at Inverewe. Extra pics: What The Sun Was Doing plus a Jigsaw Puzzle-worthy image of the river at Poolewe?

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