The weather appeared "potentially changeable" as, on 17 September 2012, five of us set out for Rhuba Hunish, the most northerly point on the Isle of Skye, on the top of the Trotternish Peninsula.
Looking west to Duntulm Castle on Rubha Voreven.
Unidentified fungi
Looking south towards the Trotternish Hills.
And looking nor nor west to Rhuba Hunish itself, with Harris and Lewis in the distance.
Difficult knowing exactly what one is looking at here but I reckon, moving left to right, the 37-metre high chunk of rock on the far left is actually Gearran Island separated by the Natural Arch from Am Bord (Lord Macdonald's Table) on the right. Then we have the 56-metre high Gaeilavore Island which is partly connected via a rocky causeway to the 26-metre high Thon Eilan on the far right. The Cleats should lie somewhere in front of this mini-rock chain but I can't make them out.
Linda and Gill opted out of the descent at Meall Tuath.
The Devil's Organ Pipes
Eilean Trodday eastwards in the distance.
Eilean Troddy lighthouse.
Sea stack with climbing rope wrapped around the peak.
I think this is a grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) on the basis of the elongated muzzle and the lack of a well-defined forehead. See what you think from the pictures below.
Is this the base of a thrift plant?
And this seems similar but hairier.
A herring gull (Larus argentatus)
Curious shag - photo by David.
Thon Eilean
Grim cliffs
Nearly there.
Photo by David.
Can't go any further - photo by David.
A fox moth caterpillar - photo by David.
Looking south west towards Kilmuir and Waternish Point in the distance.
Tulm Bay
Rainbow farewell - photo by David.
