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Road to the isles, July 2nd, travelling round the sea lochs

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After the Staffa trip the weather started to lighten a bit. We left Fionnphort and picked up a hitch hiker along the way. He was a student waiting to start university in October and was working on an organic farm in the meantime. He was trying to get to Tobermory but we were cutting off the main road down to Uisken beach so could not carry him very far. Uisken was very pretty with lots of small islands and rocks. I spent a little time taking pictures of the objects on the beach. There were a number of stranded jelly fish, but the lack of sun had helped preserve them. A small patch of blue sky appeared and the sea became completely calm. We had parked at the top of the beach in the company of a few sheep. Eventually we were joined by a remarkable couple who admired the van and said that he had worked for the diplomatic service and they had driven across the desert to Iran in a converted VW camper van with specially adapted wheels and suspension. The