Activity
Barra in the rain
Miscellaneous
9 May 2022
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33.4 miles
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2h 20m
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14.2 mph
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32.4 mph
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- Description
- Woke up to 45 mph winds and teeming rain. Somehow 45 mph winds seem stronger here (where there is nothing between us and Newfoundland) than down in Devon. And the van has sprung a mini leak. Either that or one of us didn't quite close a window properly. So with the wind and torrential rain, it was into the van for a circumnavigation of Barra. Hard to get lost as there is really only one single track A road around the whole island. Went out past the only airport in the world to have its runway on a beach - unfortunately the tide was a bit far in for any landings. It stopped raining long enough for Scooby to get his first walk on a Hebridean beach (across the causeway to Traigh a Bhaigh on Vatersay). Scooby happy! My - was the road on Vatersay narrow. Barely wider than a small camper van! As we sit in the van at the campsite staring out to sea, I haven't mentioned to Liz or Scooby what a day's 45 mph winds will do for the sea swell for tomorrow's ferry trip to Eriksay... The eagle eyed will notice I forgot to turn the GPS on at the start!
- Start
- 9 May 2022 at 12:01:52
- End
- 9 May 2022 at 15:05:39
- Participants
- Aidan and Liz
- Tags
- Barra Scotland 2022 Vatersay