At anchor in Ullapool (Aug 26), I went on a hiking excursion to Knockan Crag, where we saw the geological first identified here – the ” Thrust” in which enormous forces move rocks sideways. The Moine thrust has resulted in an unusual situation where older Moine rocks have come to lie over much younger rocks (showing a record of the last 3000 million years of history for the Scottish landmass. )
The hike was a bit difficult but the views were really spectacular! Just a quick light shower and the sun came peaking through. Loved breathing in the cool Sottish air! The Highlands countryside is awe inspiring!!

Today (Aug 27) we were scheduled to anchor in Tobermory, and I was going to go on an excursion to Iona … the excursion I was most looking forward to. But it was not meant to be… we could not anchor in Tobermory because the wind was too strong (gales at 40 mph).
After the captain made the decision that we could not anchor, a while later he told us that we were going to go to Belfast tonight ( where we will have a berth) since we may have the same anchoring and tendering problem in Portrush. I am doing fine with the weather- my sea bands are working really well.
So with a day at sea, I decided to take a few photos around the ship. Words for the day… flexibility, gratitude and acceptance.

Nando, our buddy from the Yacht Club.

Rayan our terrific steward, and guess what we tried at lunch… just one bite!

Seas stirring up…