Rest day on Lewis

 Day 24 Thursday 9th May

It was overcast when I woke really early before 6am! I decided to take Dex for a quick walk whilst it was dry! 

We had decided to have a day off today and catch up on the washing. We both have sore throats and so I started taking cold cure to try and battle the lurgy before it took hold. We are staying at the Eilean Fraoich campsite in a village called Shawbost. Eilean Fraoich Lovely site, very friendly and accommodating people and lovely clean facilities. That said absolutely nothing here, nearest shop 5 miles! There is a chippy that opens Thursday and Friday evenings and there is a food place that delivers breakfast to the site if you pre-order. Dex and I went exploring in the afternoon. We wanted to find the beach. First we found a tiny Fire station!





Weird window decorations!




We came to loch Shawbost.


Finally the beach!



I think these are Flag Irises but hard to tell until in flower. 















Lovely Kingcups




It started raining again and I was really glad John told me to pack my waterproof trousers! Glad to get back to camp and the cosy van. 



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