Gigha

The place where we were staying provided an absolutely enormous breakfast, which we took our time over, as we had another gentle walk planned for today. We caught the first ferry to the Isle of Gigha with a view to doing part, or all of the north end and twin beaches walk. Seeing children arriving by ferry to go off to school, with a bus awaiting the ferry, and notices advising of the runs arranged around the the school run was a bit unusual, but understandable. We walked to the north end of the island, and onto the twin beaches. These are beaches, separated by a very small ridge, which form an isthmus, and are only present at low tide. The nicer of the two is the north beach, fringed by low dunes, and shoreline vegetation. It is made of fine white sand. This is where we ended up for a while, sunbathing, paddling, sitting, and just absorbing the quiet. There were three or four other small groups of people there, with all of us effectively in our own little worlds.

After paying a visit to the other beach, with its massive freight of sand worm casts, we walked back towards the ferry terminal, only stopping to do that most important of business - eat ice cream. Returning to Tayinloan rounded off a pleasant day.