After another heavy night’s dancing courtesy of the Hebridean Celtic Festival, we were a little slow to leave Stornoway – complete with newly acquired ship’s cat (cuddly toy!). The plan was to sail over to Loch Laxford, a beautiful sea loch, on the west coast of mainland Scotland. Conditions were pretty rough (although they were great for sailing!) and we all resigned ourselves to a tough day of difficult sighting conditions and plenty of bruises…

Unfortunately luck wasn’t on our side and we didn’t have any cetacean sightings throughout the day, although we did have plenty of wonderful sea bird encounters – including some seagulls feasting on a lion’s mane jellyfish (very brave!). Just in time for tea, we sailed into Loch Laxford – all very weary and looking forward to a quiet evening and an early night.

Log by: Penny