We saw a few deer. This is the nearest to capturing one through the lens.

Where we stopped at the tourist info place and checked the internet - occasionally we strike lucky and have 3G.

We used the small car park for a night.

It seemed strange that in among all the Gaelic place names was a very English sounding one.

A short dirt track up from the lighthouse. No traffic and only a couple of people in the distance.

So quiet we stopped for two nights. We needed a rest.

Occasional stroll outside to take a photo.

Also fitted new door lock that Jennifer carried from Aus. Of course it didn't quite work like the old one and will need a bit of "adjustment" even though there isn't any.

There is no longer the 10mm of play in the catch that lets the door rattle, but the little springy widget thing that allows the lock to be locked when the door is shut doesn't quite get pressed reliably .... grrrrrrr! Worked in the end though.

Not sure where to. There are a couple of islands to the west then nothing until Iceland.

Maybe we'll see them there.

This one stayed still long enough to be photographed.

Couldn't resist watching the changing pattern of the sun on the mountains.

The weather forecast is for a cold front to pass through bringing rain and winds. Then wind and cold for a few days.

A good day for driving.

Not good for a day at the beach.

There isn't much land that isn't covered by heather. What there is seems to be next to beaches.

So the people and houses are at the sides of the bays. And the animals in the middle.

But of course the middle is where the tourists want to be. And where the caravan parks have been planted, though this bay is still grazed.

At least it made sense when I wrote it.

But not from the rain (and a bit chilly).

We see a few people in cars and the occasional walker, but not very many else.

Used recently as there are a couple of cigarette ends on the ground. But no sign of campfires.

Scotland's highlands, almost like Mongolia, is a land mostly without fences.

We've seen the occasional deer fence and lots of dry stone walls near the crofts.

But unlike Mongolia the land is peat bog which means we can't just drive off the road into anywhere.

Probably just as well or everyone would want to do it.

Dried and used for heating and cooking.

At the end of the day the wind has died to nothing and the cloud is lifting.

The waters are stained dark brown from the peat and reflect well.

We collected a bit of water from the truck roof (clear cool water) and completed filling our tanks from a creek (coloured brown from the peat)..

The sound of running water has faded.

Just left the sun and the bitterly cold wind.

7am and 6 amps charging the batteries. Even on the grey days there is more than sufficient solar power to keep us self sufficient. Daylight now lasts for about 14 hours.

Since the max temperature is about 10 deg C the fridge uses almost nothing, there's no tv signal, and if there were the Aus tv doesn't like the UK signal, minimal mobile phone and internet, which leaves computers for blogging. We have far too much solar!