We woke up to no wind and a blue sky this morning, so decided to go looking for a beach to play on. First stop was the Post Office in Portnahaven to buy a bucket and spade, then we headed off to Machir Bay. First stop was the war cemetery that overlooks the bay, then down to the beach. It was an amazing beach, fine, yellow sand which was warm on top and perfect for sandcastle building. We found a sheltered spot and made ourselves at home. We had the beach more or less to ourselves – it wouldn’t have been out of place in Spain (except of course for the lack of buildings and annoying Brits). It even had a boat wreck to explore.
After a couple of hours play, we headed off to the Kilchoman distillery for lunch (how handy that there was a distillery within a mile of the beach). We each had some Cullen Skink soup (Tom this time wasn’t playing ball and refused point blank) and Matt purchased a bottle.
On the way home, we decided to stop in at Bruichladdich distillery (our local one). Tom was just about asleep as we arrived, but as soon as he got into the shop, he went mad and ran round and round (must be the whisky fumes). This distillery makes gin as well as whisky, so for once I had a taster and we ended up spending a lot more than usual (oops).
Got home around 4pm.
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