Rescue Remedy

There she is! Just where we left her. Unable to turn her against the strong current and wind to paddle home. See previous post.

A grumpy toad. Unhappy at being shifted out of his cosy upturned canoe house.

In this wilderness we met another pair of canoeists. "Just use a line" they said "like they do with narrow boats on canals" "Ok" we said

 They didn't tell us what to do when the line got tangled up in trees

 So Jo (who came up for a few days 'Holiday') and her Dad paddled the canoe

out of the straight and into the loch. We had borrowed a boat with an outboard motor, so we could tow the canoe back.

But first

as silly as ever we decided we should climb Suilven

 It's not that it's the highest mountain, but it has very steep sides!

 We reached the saddle. Bizarrely there is a wall that runs over it. I cannot imagine how they managed to hold on to the edge and build a wall at the same time or why they would even want to

Jo, looking as if she is out for an afternoon stroll

We had meant to walk up there and onto the summit  Caisteal Liath 

But, I felt uneasy. It was already late and a long walk back to the canoe. The cloud was moving in below us. We decided to come back down and call it a day

Back out to civilisation!

And yes, I've noticed we are not wearing buoyancy aids. We were halfway back up the loch when we realised. They were in the bottom of the dry sack in the bottom of the boat. And I'm afraid we left them there. We were cold and tired. The loch was very calm and we sat very still. We do normally wear them when out in the canoe so please don't follow this bad example. Suilven looked so beautiful in the setting sun. We must go back and reach the summit. We'll take a tent next time and do it in easier stages!