The ferry to the Isle of Raasay is just a five minute walk from our house. Sue, Roger, Andy Mac and I took the 9:25 ferry as foot passengers. Sue W and Phil took their car to explore the north of the island.
Here are views from the beach at Raasay.
The coastal path soon reached the largest town on Raasay, Inverarish.
From there, it's not far to the North Pole. Apparently.
We took a wrong turning and reached a pictish broch, or an Atlantic roundhouse, dating from 800BC to 200AD.
A fine spot for elevenses.
Back on the correct path, it was well signed to the summit of Dun Caan, passing a few waterfalls before the good path emerged from the tree line.
Trail shoes would be adequate for this walk, albeit I was using boots thanks to my trail shoes being sodden from yesterday's wet holes.
The distinctive summit of Dun Caan drew slowly closer. The profile reminds me of Stac Pollaidh in Assynt.
It was quite breezy and lots of folk were ascending Dun Caan from a car park, so we enjoyed lunch in a completely sheltered spot opposite the route up to the summit, whilst the masses cleared from the summit. That left us pretty much alone on the top when we eventually got there.
There were great views from the 444 metre summit.
After spending some time on the top, we descended to Loch na Meilich.
A very good path led down to the road, along which we returned to the ferry terminal, passing a pictish stone from the 8th or 9th century on the way. We watched gulls mobbing an eagle, before the deluge from a shower nearly drowned us.
After a spell in the cosy waiting room, and a visit to a distillery for some, we caught the 5pm ferry back to Skye. All in all another excellent outing. Here's the route - 17.7km, with 600 metres ascent, taking 6 hours.
Photos enlarged on my biggish Mac screen are superb.
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