Rubha Rèidh

Distance: 9.3 miles
Ascent: 430m
Weather: warm and sunny

Buzzard, pipets, wheatear, stonechat, shag, gannet, otter, seals, great skua, swallows heard. Cuckoo

We parked at Melvaig and walked along the coastal road to the lighthouse at Rubha Rèidh which is about three miles of single track road with passing places. It was a bit busier with cars than I'd expected, more people going by car than on foot, although later on the return we saw more pedestrians. From the lighthouse,  the route is paths over peat moorland, looking inland seemed quite similar to the Peak District, the other way steep cliffs with sea birds, rocky stack, arches, caves and deserted beaches (Camas Mòr - large bay, apparently called Troll-Vik - troll bay - when the viking were here.)

After lunch on a little midgy pile of rock, we headed back by the same route we'd come, rewarded by seeing an otter running up the stream, and then later seals swimming in the waters around the lighthouse.

As we walked back along the lane it had warmed up considerably, the sun bright, the sea shining, Skye and the other islands in the distance were hazy on the horizon.