Been awake off and on since 4.30am. Finally got up about 8am. It was raining pretty heavily during the night. I made breakfast – tea, tortilla wraps with bacon and primula and a cereal bar – then went to search for a stream I knew was nearby for a daily supply of fresh water – it is about 20 minutes away. Back at the tent 3 people approached me, John, Andrew and Neil who are friends of my brother Brian down in Edinburgh and I hung around with them for most of the day, walking along the beach, chatting and playing football. Left them about 6pm and headed back to my own tent for a luxurious dinner of pasta, pesto, peppered salami, sundried tomatoes and peanuts and a small glass of red wine – who says you have to rough it whilst camping?
It is now 9.15pm and I am just back from topping up my water supply. It is a warm evening, the sun has been shaded by light clouds for most of this, the longest day, but it is still high in the sky. I am hoping for a really nice sunset for some great photo opportunities.
It is 11pm and the sun is now getting low in the sky, it is obscured still by light clouds, but the whole western end of the sky is a beautiful reddish/pink colour.
It is still more than bright enough to be able to write this and read inside my tent with just the natural outside light. The sound of the sea is beautiful – a perpetual roaring and crashing along this mile stretch of sandy beach. Tomorrow is meant to be a very very wet day according to the weather forecast I received before I left.
