The ferry

I have to be in Uig this afternoon (a shopping trip!): I’ll make the most of the short journey with a walk up to the headland above the bay, to see the ferry (the MV Hebrides, or Innse Gall) arrive and depart. It’s a fine bright afternoon; there’s a cool breeze but at the tip of the headland there’s a comfortable little rock seat, which provides shelter and a great view of the pier. There are corncrakes down below in the grasslands and there’s a cuckoo somewhere nearby – but there’s no-one else around (I don’t think the visitors in their cars, struggling to avoid each other and the truly appalling potholes, will have heard them. Their loss!). This is a perfect place to idle away an hour.