It rained all night and was generally miserable with the wind coming and going but strong in the gusts. The anchorage was somewhat exposed and, although invited to move further into the bay, we decided to stay warm and dry down below and hence rolled around all night – a bad mistake in retrospect. Having not gone ashore in Armadale, in the mist and rain, we made a prompt start to return to Mull. There was a slight breeze but on the nose with a bumpy unpleasant sea. A typical highland day. Little was visible of Skye or the other islands and mainland shore. But we had achieved an objective of the cruise and made it to Skye.
Later as we were passing Muck and Egg, there was a brief interlude of sunshine highlighting the cloud around the mountains on Rum. It is easy to understand why the western isles are a favoured cruising ground; one correspondent stating that it is the best cruising ground in Europe. When the weather is good, it is very good but when it is bad it must be horrendous.
We decided to go back to Tobermoray and the crew decided they should treat the Skipper to dinner ashore. On the advice of the local garage man, we had a local fish supper at Cafe Fish – excellent.
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