Saturday 9th October 2010
I was up early from Ardcharnich, and set off towards Inverness, not really sure whether to go there, or to divert left towards Dingwall… however as i travelled neraer to Inverness I decided I would fill up (food and fuel) in the town, do a bit of t’internet, and move out to the ‘Black Isle’ jutting out into the Cromarty Firth, and do some more Dolphin watching/spotting, and mountain biking at Red Rocks…so there we are – the plan was made !
As I drove into Inverness in the early morning, there was a great Red sunrise
and I thought I’d made the right move !
I firstly stayed near Kessock Bridge, on the opposite side of the Beauly Firth from where me and Kate had previously stood ‘Dolphin spotting’, and at the same time managed to update my blog from a ‘hot spot’ nearby…by late morning I had still not seen any Dolphins, (but the weather was lovely warm Sunshine) and so decided to move out to the ‘Black Isle’- and my campsite, that I had booked by telephone earlier.
En route I drove to ‘Learnie Red Rocks’ and checked out the bike trails there, intending to go there on Sunday.
Having settled down at the Rosemarkie CCC camp sitehttp://www.campingandcaravanningclub.co.uk/siteseeker/aspx/details.aspx?id=8150(getting my ‘age reduction again!) I wandered along the side of the Cromarty Firth towards, and at Chanonry Point (the favoured Dolphin spotting area)- although I did wonder whether I was on the right side of the country, as the wind was really strong and gusting coming off the water,cooling everything…and a fellow camper said ‘It’s beautiful today in the West ‘!! Ooops should I have stayed there ?- and I’d booked in for 3 nights…
I did see some Dolphins well out in the bay, along with some seals, but very distant, so just had to settle for a long walk around the bay and back, for an early dinner, showers and clean down !
The wind continued to gust stronger…
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