We enjoyed the Butt of Lewis and, indeed, the whole Ness area but there were still treats in store. One of them was a quite fantastic charity shop. We knew it was there and had even taken a finished quiz book to give to them. But we came out with a huge quiz book instead, some folders which would be useful at the museum and a couple of steam train DVDs. It was very friendly.
A little bit of gentle practice was going on at the Ness Football Club. I wonder just how many football teams there are in the Outer Hebrides.
As a technology lover – particularly mills, I thought we should look at Dell Mill, which had its parking area and brown tourist sign.
There was a pleasing rushing stream to power things but the outfall from the mill appeared less than perfect.
Hmm! Maybe the water wheel had seen better days as well.
Some of us sneaked into the building to see what could be seen – a very rusted out water wheel was one thing. There wasn’t much else.
Out the back was the leat (now a weed trough), which would have brought water to the overshot wheel.
The mill buildings still looked solid and substantial.
We took one more stop on our journey back to the campsite – at North Galson
Yes, there were more llamas and a rocky, stony beach on the west coast of the island.
Some locals were out gathering winkles.
Aah! More lovely rocks. I suppose I see them as natural sculptures. There’s definitely a large lizard like monster at the left!
I wanted to see those llamas again. They had now got to their feet and looked interested.
But they rather kept their distance.
Curiosity began to get the better of them.
What fab creatures. And now I wonder if they are alpacas for these seem to have the marks of shearing on it.
A final shot – llamas or alpacas and the sea.
