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Common spotted bog orchid |
More bog orchids |
We went for a
morning walk across the hills behind the house toward the peninsula. Through bogland, so pretty. Damp walking early morning, ferns still
wet from morning dew and night rain. Russ scraped by a stinging
nettle......ouch! We were looking for highland cattle that are agisted there. Way across the hills we came across some
ruins, the tiny ground plan of a typical stone cottage and a much bigger one.
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We could se it had been 2 storey, as the chimney remained nearly complete with an opening where the second floor would have been. There were no walls, just stone footings including a second room behind the chimney and surrounded by a fairly big area, house paddock and stone fence. |
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Ruins above Veyatie B&B |
After breakfast we
found the local Internet site (in the middle of the newsagency)
and sent our next bulletin home. We then set off for
I sat above the bay
and attempted a watercolour while Russ wandered off with the camera. After a
couple of hours an army of midges hit. The air was full of them and painting
impossible. It was really time for me to find shade anyway, the sun-cream
didn't feel like it was working any more.
We lunched in town
before returning to our B&B and once again made ourselves comfortable in
the conservatory. After dinner we walked again, luckily there was a breeze so
the midges less of a problem. I found a tiny swamp orchid, each spotted mauve
flower, only about 10mm across.
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'Veyatie' Dawn & Mel Chapman |