I went back to Arisaig. I had driven through it last year during the school holidays and was unable to get into a camp site or park anywhere so I had another go. No problems getting into a campsite at the beginning of May but other sorts or problems, see below.
The first campsite I stayed in, at Back of Keppoch, was cycling distance from Arisaig and walking distance from a pub.
Arisaig from the south
Looking south from Arisaig
Sgurr of Eigg from Arisaig
Oyster farming
So I had a nice Saturday cycling down through Arisaig, visiting the little (very little) museum which didn’t have enough for my liking about filming in the area (not just Local Hero) and certainly not enough about WW II Special Operations Executive training which took place around here (and which Gavin Maxwell was involved in – perhaps he should be on the “Around Scotland Check List”).
In the evening I walked up to the pub at Back of Keppoch for a meal to find that the day there had been spent in Jacobite festivities and the place was full of carousing “Jacobites” in full regalia, some of the men wearing disturbingly short kilts. I did however manage to find a quiet corner and have a meal. I slept well only to find that the night had been too much for my neighbours – very windy and wet.
I drove up to Mallaig and found all the ferries had been cancelled and were tied up in the harbour. I got very wet just going to the newsagents!
24 hours later it was all forgotten
Eigg
I went for a walk along the beach used for filming Local Hero
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