Thursday, 21st April - (Catch-up)
Meant to mention that part of the reason to stop here was to walk up to the ruined castle. Not an easy thing for most of us, but Barry and Judy made the effort. They are both experienced walkers, and so knew what they were doing, but even they said it wasn't easy. They didn't end up making it all the way, and said it looked more impressive from the beach, and they actually rescued a lamb which was trapped between a wall and a fence.
After the beach and the castle, we went on to Loch Spelve, and were followed by some dolphins, and others thought porpoises, but we were not sure there were any, and it might have been a trick of the wake in such still water.(?) Once inside the loch we saw oyster catchers, a sea otter, a seal, and a pair of golden eagles.
We moored near a jetty used by the mussel growers/farmers, and some of the group went ashore to walk and explore. The options were to walk around the bay near the ship, or a longer one to another part of the loch. Barry and Judy chose to do the long one, and this was the day the others stayed closer and got to see the deer close up.
Lee and I stayed aboard, and it was so peaceful, and we saw herons, Canada geese (?), and then we noticed the deer emerging from the forest, and realised the others were quite close. Both John and Barry had been given walky-talky thingies, and could contact the boat when they'd had enough. We saw Linda on the jetty and Paul went and got her. Then we got a call from John and the others, and they were picked up. After that, Vicki was aware there had been a call from Barry and Judy, but Bob had been sleeping and didn't quite get all the message, so Paul went off to find them. He came back without them and we found out later that they had heard the tender, but he hadn't quite come far enough, and missed them. Someone went again and got them not long afterwards.
Lunch had been quiche and salad, and was quite late, and so was dinner.
Our last meal was steak, with a very nice mushroomy/pepper sauce, but it was a little too well done for me, but Lee enjoyed hers. Not the way we would do it at home of course, but given the situation, and perhaps having to keep it longer because of the late pick-up of the others, it was just a little well done.
The last night on the boat was nice, buy nobody wanted it to end, as we were to get off tomorrow. I didn't really mind, as I wanted to move on to other things.
We moored near a jetty used by the mussel growers/farmers, and some of the group went ashore to walk and explore. The options were to walk around the bay near the ship, or a longer one to another part of the loch. Barry and Judy chose to do the long one, and this was the day the others stayed closer and got to see the deer close up.Lee and I stayed aboard, and it was so peaceful, and we saw herons, Canada geese (?), and then we noticed the deer emerging from the forest, and realised the others were quite close. Both John and Barry had been given walky-talky thingies, and could contact the boat when they'd had enough. We saw Linda on the jetty and Paul went and got her. Then we got a call from John and the others, and they were picked up. After that, Vicki was aware there had been a call from Barry and Judy, but Bob had been sleeping and didn't quite get all the message, so Paul went off to find them. He came back without them and we found out later that they had heard the tender, but he hadn't quite come far enough, and missed them. Someone went again and got them not long afterwards.
Lunch had been quiche and salad, and was quite late, and so was dinner.Our last meal was steak, with a very nice mushroomy/pepper sauce, but it was a little too well done for me, but Lee enjoyed hers. Not the way we would do it at home of course, but given the situation, and perhaps having to keep it longer because of the late pick-up of the others, it was just a little well done.
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