{"id":4487,"date":"2019-07-26T18:05:35","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T16:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/?p=4487"},"modified":"2025-03-06T15:52:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T14:52:18","slug":"cycling-for-bubaque-2019-oban-ullapool-via-de-westelijke-hebriden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/blogtype\/reisverslagen\/cycling-for-bubaque-2019-oban-ullapool-via-de-westelijke-hebriden\/","title":{"rendered":"Cycling for Bubaque 2019: Oban - Ullapool via the Western Hebrides"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4487\" class=\"elementor elementor-4487\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7aa791e6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7aa791e6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e21340 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e21340\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cycling for Bubaque 2019: Oban - Ullapool via the Western Hebrides<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a9c88f4 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"6a9c88f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-7f530f1 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/2019\/07\/26\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>26 July 2019<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-6863c75 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"about\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/category\/reistype\/fietsen\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Cycling<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/category\/blogtype\/reisverslagen\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Travel reports<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/category\/land\/verenigd-koninkrijk\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">United Kingdom<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63136f5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"63136f5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1160ec9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1160ec9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f8f6b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1f8f6b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/05Hebrides-048.web_-1024x512.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-929\" alt=\"Westelijke Hebriden\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/05Hebrides-048.web_-1024x512.webp 1024w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/05Hebrides-048.web_-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/05Hebrides-048.web_-768x384.webp 768w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/05Hebrides-048.web_.webp 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4699426 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4699426\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdd5f97 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"bdd5f97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/156963010@N04\/albums\/72157710045817132\/with\/48471113366\" id=\"Flickr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">88 stunning Hebrides photos<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05e89e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"05e89e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">July 26: Oban - Borve (ferry to Barra and 5km cycling - 52m climb)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d372af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d372af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: #2c2c28;\">The <strong>crossing<\/strong> by ferry went happily for me this time <strong>without a barf bag<\/strong>, although some less fortunate fellow passengers did get seasick when we were in high seas.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: #2c2c28;\">Retrieved from <strong>Barra<\/strong>, the southernmost inhabited islet of the Western<b>\u00a0<\/b>Hebrides, was a small supermarket where I could stock up on provisions for a few days. At\u00a0<b>Borve campsite<\/b>\u00a0although the campsite was actually full, the welcome was very warm. My stay was free and I <strong>shared a spot with a fellow camper<\/strong> Theresa. Moreover, a beautiful sunset fell to me there.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: #2c2c28;\">It was a jacket fresher on the Hebrides than in Oban, though. I had to put on my down jacket again in the evening.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cca69a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cca69a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Isle-of-Barra.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4494\" alt=\"Kust op Barra eiland\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Isle-of-Barra.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Isle-of-Barra-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Isle-of-Barra-768x384.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-324e1f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"324e1f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Coast on Barra island<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f638ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4f638ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">July 27: Borve - Kilbridge\/South Uist Isle (30 km - 178 m climb)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fb34a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5fb34a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My first cycling kilometres on the Hebrides were straight away <strong>eye-catching<\/strong> and body-friendly:\u00a0<strong>nail-white beaches<\/strong>, a\u00a0<strong>picturesque harbour<\/strong>, vast\u00a0<strong>'zen' plains<\/strong>\u00a0and - importantly for a packed cyclist - no overly steep hills.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The\u00a0<strong>fish cages<\/strong>\u00a0in one of the photos are used to catch lobsters and crabs. Fishermen leave the cages on the seabed for about three days and then pull them back up.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the way, I saw an arrow pointing to\u00a0<strong>'Barra airport'.\u00a0<\/strong>Earlier, I had read - and remembered - somewhere that the <strong>planes landing there on the beach<\/strong>. That was worth a diversion! I was lucky: the <strong>windbags had been hoisted<\/strong>, indicating that a plane is about to land and one is not allowed to enter the beach. Security for everything!<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I positioned myself on a dune and waited for a while. First, a <strong>jeep<\/strong> driving back and forth across the beach, moments later it came <strong>Glasgow passenger jet<\/strong> to it and it indeed landed on the beach.<\/p><p>I shot a short <strong>video<\/strong> of that landing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96ea38b elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"96ea38b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=xfx9JqSuIhY&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-308cea6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"308cea6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the ferry crossing to <strong>South Uist<\/strong> island awaited me a <strong>steep climb<\/strong> out of the harbour. Less fun was that it started to drizzle and I would arrive at the campsite in the wet. On the way, I saw a <strong>sheep<\/strong>\u00a0that sought shelter in a bus shelter<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-287973c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"287973c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">28 July: rest day<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1af3c78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1af3c78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It turned out to be a rainy Sunday - yet another in a sorry series. Therefore, I decided not to cycle. Unfortunately, the camping tavern was closed because the owners were attending a wedding party - <strong>fun above money, big time<\/strong>. This left me without wifi and with a very weak mobile data connection. By necessity, it also became a digital rest day.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-318cb29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"318cb29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">July 29 - Kilbridge\/S.Uist - Linaclate\/Benbecula Isle (50.5 km - 236 m climb)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f67a070 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f67a070\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It's great cycling on these two islands of the Western Hebrides! A <strong>vast plain<\/strong> dotted with small to larger <strong>lakes<\/strong>\u00a0and a few here and there\u00a0<strong>isolated homes<\/strong>, bordered on the western side by the ocean and\u00a0<strong>magnificent beaches<\/strong>, and on the east side by a (dark) green row of\u00a0<strong>hills<\/strong>.<br \/>There are also many\u00a0<strong>ruins<\/strong>\u00a0and in the fields you sometimes see a high\u00a0<strong>standing stone<\/strong>\u00a0or overgrown cairns (cairns) of <strong>burial mounds<\/strong>.<br \/>In the\u00a0<strong>Kilondan museum<\/strong>\u00a0I read that emigration from here was mainly towards Canada. That probably explains, as in Ireland, the presence of the <strong>multiple housing ruins<\/strong>.<br \/>To get to <strong>Benbecula<\/strong> island I had to cross two elevated\u00a0<strong>causeways<\/strong>\u00a0connecting the islands.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-178138e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"178138e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/48413293731_8a74a8fa1e_c.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4495\" alt=\"Ferry to Eriskay\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/48413293731_8a74a8fa1e_c.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/48413293731_8a74a8fa1e_c-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/48413293731_8a74a8fa1e_c-768x384.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aca897e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aca897e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Ferry to Eriskay<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dd239d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2dd239d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">July 30: Linaclate - Balranald\/North Uistle Isle (62 km -164 m climb)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55ff008 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55ff008\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It's great cycling on these two islands of the Western Hebrides! A vast plain dotted with small to larger\u00a0<strong>lakes<\/strong>\u00a0and a few here and there\u00a0<strong>isolated homes<\/strong>, bordered on the western side by the ocean and\u00a0<strong>magnificent beaches<\/strong>, and on the east side by a (dark) green row of\u00a0<strong>hills<\/strong>.<br \/>There are also many\u00a0<strong>ruins<\/strong>\u00a0and in the fields you sometimes see a high\u00a0<strong>standing stone<\/strong>\u00a0or overgrown cairns (cairns) of burial mounds.<br \/>In the\u00a0<strong>Kilondan museum<\/strong>\u00a0I read that emigration from here was mainly towards Canada. That probably explains, as in Ireland by the way, the presence of the numerous house ruins.<br \/>To get to Benbecula Island I had to cross two elevated\u00a0<strong>causeways<\/strong>\u00a0connecting the islands.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>July 30: Linaclate - Balranald\/North Uistle Isle (62 km -164 m climb)<\/strong><br \/>Beautiful ride through wide landscapes. The elevated causeways after Benbecula airport - with asphalt tarmac this time - were overwhelmingly beautiful. I barely make progress here because I am always gawking open-mouthed at the scenery. The roads with often only one lane also force you to stop frequently at 'passing places' to let cars through. <strong>Relaxation prevails on the Hebrides<\/strong>.<br \/><br \/>On North Uist I passed the ruins of\u00a0<strong>'Teampall na Trianaid'<\/strong>\u00a0(Trinity Temple), a medieval monastery and 'learning centre'. The Irish philosopher <strong>John Scotus Eriugena<\/strong> (9th century), who opposed Roman Catholic the\u012bsm with a Neoplatonic-inspired panentheistic view of God, is said to have studied there.<br \/><br \/>From my tent on\u00a0<strong>Balranald campsite<\/strong>\u00a0I look out on a hill with a graveyard. In the field in front of it, a great brown owl was hunting in the evening. Good to follow with binoculars, but too fast and far away to photograph. Just behind the campsite, behind a dune, is a bay with a\u00a0<strong>sweeping beach<\/strong>. During a blissful evening walk, I saw a beautiful\u00a0<strong>sunset<\/strong>\u00a0which, as usual, cannot be captured in a photo. On top of the dune I had mobile reception again for a while, my phone suddenly started pulling in all the notifications and emails. The Hebridean way of working: <strong>Reading e-mails on a dune overlooking the sea<\/strong>\u00a0\ud83d\ude0a.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dbc34c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3dbc34c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/North-Uist-beach-near-Balranald-campsite.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4496\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/North-Uist-beach-near-Balranald-campsite.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/North-Uist-beach-near-Balranald-campsite-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/North-Uist-beach-near-Balranald-campsite-768x384.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93188d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93188d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>North Uist, beach at Balranald campsite<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f90f38d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f90f38d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">July 31: Balranald - Horgabost\/South Harris Island (48 km - 343 m climb)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df4eb8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df4eb8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At 6am, I had to get out of the tent for a pee. Early enough to see the mysterious\u00a0<strong>orange mists<\/strong>\u00a0in the morning landscape on the sensitive digital record.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And again it became a trip through <strong>blood-curdlingly beautiful landscapes<\/strong>. The\u00a0<strong>Scolpaig Tower<\/strong>, in the middle of a loch of the same name, dates from the 19th century. In 1830, one <strong>Alexander MacLeod<\/strong> the loch dry to make a <strong>Gregorian-style tower<\/strong> building on the islet. Just a rich man's folly, apparently.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91fc30f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"91fc30f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Scolpaig-Tower-North-Uist.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4497\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Scolpaig-Tower-North-Uist.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Scolpaig-Tower-North-Uist-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Scolpaig-Tower-North-Uist-768x383.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ddb56c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ddb56c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Scolpaig Tower, North Uist<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89de86e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"89de86e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The landscape on Isle of\u00a0<strong>South Harris\u00a0<\/strong>is back more dramatic with higher hills and large rocky outcrops. Near the hamlet of\u00a0<strong>After Bothain<\/strong>\u00a0I saw a fairly large standing stone in a meadow. It would have been planted there 5,000 years ago, surrounded by a stone circle with some 30 megaliths. These have now disappeared, but some of the stone bases into which the megaliths fitted were still visible.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My\u00a0<strong>tent<\/strong>\u00a0Is in an unsupervised campsite overlooking the sea. Tonight, sleep peacefully to the beat of the waves.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0be413b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0be413b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">August 1: Horgabost - Tarbert\/North Harris (18 km - 223 m climb)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56a2f75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56a2f75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This morning I first walked to a\u00a0<strong>giant standing stone<\/strong>\u00a0near the campsite I had noticed from the roadway in a meadow yesterday. To do this, I had to cross a grassy hill with beautiful views of the islands and pale yellow beaches.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I estimate the monolith was about 3 metres high. With my 1m72, I stood in front of it with my arms raised and it reaches about another metre higher. In the picture, I am not wearing a terror cap, but a\u00a0<strong>main net<\/strong>\u00a0against bitey\u00a0<strong>midgets<\/strong>\u00a0which unfortunately were there in large numbers. There was virtually no wind today, and then they circle around your head in clouds, biting where they can, crawling into your ears and nostrils.... Tiny spiteful little pests they are. It was so quiet and peaceful there by the stone, all alone and with that wide view. Despite the midgets, there was quite a while I just kept sitting quietly on a flat rock in front of the stone, to get a good sense of the special energy there.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4689349 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4689349\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Monoliet-bij-Horgabost-camping.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4498\" alt=\"Monoliet bij Horgabost camping\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Monoliet-bij-Horgabost-camping.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Monoliet-bij-Horgabost-camping-300x151.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Monoliet-bij-Horgabost-camping-768x386.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e45d8de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e45d8de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Monolith at Horgabost campsite (with anti-midget head net)<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24b19ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24b19ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a result, I was back on the bike quite late. The journey to Tarbert first followed the banks of a vast\u00a0<strong>lagoon<\/strong>, and then went long uphill a\u00a0<strong>hillside<\/strong>\u00a0about. Sometimes I imagined myself on the moon, so barren and rocky was it there.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At\u00a0<strong>Tarbert<\/strong>\u00a0was a bed free in a <strong>Backpackers Hostel<\/strong>. Although it was only half past four, I decided to stay there and do another big wash. For the dryer it was a bit of a queue, so I had to go in just my <strong>swimsuit with the down jacket over it to the local supermarket<\/strong>, which was soon to close. All my clothes were in the wash.... But no cat said anything or looked weird.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From Tarbert, the ferry leaves for Uig\/Isle of Skye, but I will - hopefully - keep that big island for another time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-984a444 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"984a444\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">August 2: Tarbert - Lacasaigh\/Isle of Lewis (42.5 km - 489 m climb)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bda7be2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bda7be2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Tarbert<\/strong>\u00a0is a cool village, actually but <strong>one 'main street'<\/strong> <strong>great<\/strong>, with a marina and ferry terminal to Isle of Skye. There was a <strong>fish and chips stall<\/strong> with fresh fish. As it was getting close to lunchtime by the time I wanted to drive on, I first consumed a portion there to take my mind off the long and quite steep climb ahead.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I left next to a\u00a0<strong>long fjord<\/strong>, bordered on the opposite side by green hills. A landscape with a high Norwegian content.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was followed by the long and quite\u00a0<strong>tough climb<\/strong>\u00a0over the ridge. I did not have to push this time, but did stop about three times to de-acidify my leg muscles. After that, I was able to climb quite a bit each time. It's weird, first you ride up next to a fjord on <strong>sea level<\/strong>, and an hour later you find yourself in a <strong>high mountains<\/strong> with\u00a0<strong>babbling brooks<\/strong>\u00a0and all, at barely 200m altitude.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On this route to the famous\u00a0<strong>Callanish stone circle\u00a0<\/strong>is not located any campsite or hostel, so I had to\u00a0<strong>wild camping<\/strong>. Finding a good spot was not easy, along the track there were over fenced meadows with cows or sheep, and more in the back I immediately ended up on damp peaty ground. I asked one\u00a0<strong>John Angus<\/strong>\u00a0who had just sheared sheep in his forecourt, whether he knew a suitable spot. He sent me 200 metres back to the <strong>Island's Book Trust<\/strong>. I had just passed there to go to the <strong>(public) toilet<\/strong> to go - with even a <strong>hot shower for 1\u00a3<\/strong> - but on the car park behind the little building I didn't dare pitch my tent just like that. That wouldn't be a problem, John said, he knew the neighbours. We had another long chat - his sister had died last month - and I photographed him with his two dogs, who help him herd sheep.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As I was setting up my tent behind the Book Trust, I saw the neighbour and she confirmed that I was indeed welcome to camp there. Soon after, a young truck driver came by and asked me if there was a toilet. I pointed out the right door to him and he replied, \"<em>Haha, I've driven past this place hundreds of times, and now a tourist is showing me the way to the toilet. Have a nice holiday<\/em>\". Blessed people here, in Flanders I would have been chased away 20 times already.<br \/>The only drawback of this camp spot: behind the building I was out of the wind and <strong>it swarmed with midgets again<\/strong>. Unfortunately, it therefore became an indoor supper.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d60d92b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d60d92b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/North-Harris.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4499\" alt=\"North Harris: klim van de fjord naar de pas\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/North-Harris.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/North-Harris-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/North-Harris-768x384.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e020d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e020d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>North Harris: climb from fjord to pass<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ee8104 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1ee8104\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">August 3: Lacasaigh - Shawbost via Callanish stone circle(s) (44 km - 316 m climb)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc9f276 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cc9f276\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wonderful <strong>sunny weather<\/strong> today, fortunately with a breeze so the midgets don't fly out. With winds from 5 km\/hour or more, they stay in their pens, wherever that may be... The route started on a dead straight gently sloping road through a <strong>marshy peat plain<\/strong>, with views of the Harris hills on the left in the distance.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the hamlet\u00a0<strong>Achmore<\/strong>\u00a0I saw an arrow pointing to a stone circle that was not on the map or GoogleMaps, so to add to my collection of '<strong>megaliths and stone mounds along the way<\/strong>' to complete, I walked towards it through a soggy patch of heathland.<br \/>It was a circle that <strong>discovered during peat extraction<\/strong>. It had become completely covered in peat over the centuries. Unfortunately, only half a stump was left standing, the other megaliths lying overturned beside their pedestals or having disappeared. From that stone circle, and only from there, you can discern in the skyline of the hills opposite the <strong>profile of a reclining pregnant woman<\/strong>. Unfortunately, I could not capture this in photo due to too small zoom range, but it is thought that this could be related to the location of this circle. The reclining woman here becomes\u00a0<strong>'The Old Woman of the Moors'<\/strong>\u00a0named - well weird that it got pregnant then - either 'Sleeping Beauty' or 'Earth Mother'.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The\u00a0<strong>Callanish Stone Circle<\/strong>\u00a0about ten kilometres away is <strong>overwhelming<\/strong>. There is not only the circle with the remains of a tomb in the middle, but also <strong>four 'lanes' to it<\/strong>, in the shape of a cross and bordered by megaliths, some up to 3m high.<br \/>I found the atmosphere there less intense than previous stone circles and monoliths, despite this grandeur. Perhaps because there were <strong>more running and visitors<\/strong> were, but it could also be that he was too big for me. Comparable to the atmosphere in a gaudy cathedral, where the footsteps sound so hollow, or that in a small cosy Romanesque church in the countryside. I prefer the latter to unwind...<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Approximately 1 km as the crow flies from Callanish I are two more smaller stone circles,\u00a0<strong>Callanish II and III<\/strong>. There did reign the peace and energy I love so much.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the last 20km to <strong>Shawbost<\/strong> campsite were some tough hills with a strong headwind. I was really happy when I arrived. At Shawbost campsite, I met David and Sue again, a British cycling couple I had already encountered at two previous Hebrides campsites. They rented a motorhome this year to do day cycling trips, as Sue occasionally suffers with her knee and doesn't dare a long bike ride. The cup of milk tea they offered me was very welcome as I found that I was a bit 'empty'. As long as you are busy, you don't feel that way, but as soon as you stop...<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ade8277 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ade8277\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Callanish-Stone-Circle-I.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4500\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Callanish-Stone-Circle-I.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Callanish-Stone-Circle-I-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Callanish-Stone-Circle-I-768x384.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d59f17a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d59f17a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Callanish Stone Circle I<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd4e190 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cd4e190\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4 August: rest day with unexpected gift (Isle of Lewis)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1f0567 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a1f0567\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The islands <strong>Lewis and Harris<\/strong> its <strong>Calvinist<\/strong> and they would be the last bastion in Britain that still had the <strong>weekly Sabbath<\/strong> maintained. Everything, including tourist attractions, are <strong>closed on Sundays<\/strong>. The campsite even has a request not to hang laundry on Sundays. So a day to give the legs some rest and update English translations of my blog entries.<\/p><p>In the <strong>camp kitchen<\/strong> This morning I had a short <strong>conversation about my bike ride, the strict Sabbath<\/strong> and the fact that then everything was really closed with an English lady ready to leave. She was happy to give me some bread and food if I did not arrive. After all, since Tarbert the day before yesterday, I was <strong>not encountered any more grocery shops<\/strong> on my route. I replied to her that I could continue until tomorrow.<\/p><p>When I got back to my tent, in the porch stood a <strong>gift bag<\/strong> with some treats and the text '<em>Wish you a good continuation of your trip<\/em>'. Isn't that amazing? I don't even know her name...\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I found that attention so warm-hearted that I briefly <strong>overflowing with thanks<\/strong>, which resulted in moist little eyes and a very warm disposition. Life (together) can be oh so simply beautiful!<\/p><p>Thanks a lot, lovely lady!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f04d80d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f04d80d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">August 5: Shawbost - Stornoway (44 km - 259 m climb)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0770dd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0770dd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A trip with two sights and 30 km 'through blissful emptiness' to Stornoway.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a night of heavy rain, fortunately it dried up a bit in the morning and I was able to leave by noon.<br \/>Since I only had a good 40 km to drive to Stornoway, where I take the ferry to Ullapool tomorrow afternoon, I had time to do some sightseeing along the way.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first stop was the\u00a0<strong>Norske Mill &amp; Kiln<\/strong>, with in the first building a mill with a horizontal grinding stone driven by water along the bottom, and in the second a boiler room with a deep hearth around which the grain was first dried.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c16e14 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"8c16e14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/cycling-for-bubaque-2019-norske-mill-kiln-isle-of-lewis\/\" id=\"Flickr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read more and photos<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-add844e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"add844e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the continuation of my route, it started pouring, so I arrived soaking wet at my second destination, a\u00a0<strong>museum village with 'black houses<\/strong>. These were oblong houses with stone walls and straw roofs in which <strong>livestock and residents under the same roof<\/strong> lived. Some had no chimney; the smoke from the fireplace left the house through the roof, which turned black as a result. Hence the name <strong>'black houses'.<\/strong> For those interested: you can stay overnight in one of the restored cottages.<\/p><p>I stayed there longer than planned because the rain just wouldn't stop and attended a demonstration by a <strong>handloom<\/strong> with which the famous checked tweed fabrics were woven.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7eff23 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"b7eff23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/156963010@N04\/albums\/72157719793591849\/\" id=\"Flickr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Photos of interiors and loom<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9362d46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9362d46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By 5 o'clock the rain eased a little and I left for a 30 km ride through a lovely <strong>vast empty landscape<\/strong>. There were not even sheep. However, there are still\u00a0<strong>peat<\/strong>\u00a0stabbed. First, the <strong>turf carefully trimmed<\/strong> and laid aside, then over a depth of approx. <strong>60 cm of peat cut<\/strong> and laid in small piles to dry for a few days. Afterwards, the turf is neatly laid back in the cut, so that the landscape remains nice and green. You can only see the level differences between the lowered strips where peat was cut, and the higher areas.<\/p><p>So far, this has been the <strong>finest ride of my entire trip<\/strong>. In this landscape, your mind comes to a complete rest. Pure cycling meditation. I was actually sorry when I saw on a signpost that it was only 7 kilometres to Stornoway.<\/p><p>Just before I arrived in Stornoway, the bike emergency struck again: again my chain came off while shifting down, the third time in three days. So the next morning I decided to pass by a bike shop first thing, because in the highlands I will often have to change to the smallest blade while climbing in front.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At <strong>Stornoway hostel<\/strong> I had a conversation with <strong>soprano Barbara Scott<\/strong>, who was staying in Stornoway for a gig. She apparently does not consider herself a diva, given her stay in a simple hostel with bunk beds.  Barbara was looking forward to Scotland leaving the EU. So far, I have not met a single Scot who wants this. I'm curious to see what's in store; I have the impression that those in favour of independence, who want to cut ties with the UK, enjoy a lot of support. This could become a complicated issue here.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e5fda0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8e5fda0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lewis-from-Carloway-to-Stornoway.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4504\" alt=\"Lewis, from Carloway to Stornoway\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lewis-from-Carloway-to-Stornoway.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lewis-from-Carloway-to-Stornoway-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lewis-from-Carloway-to-Stornoway-768x384.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bea8c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0bea8c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Lewis, from Carloway to Stornoway<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4d4e4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a4d4e4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">August 6: Stornoway - Ullapool (ferry crossing - 0 km cycled)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b57dca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b57dca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today it was <strong>bicycle repair<\/strong> day and ferry <strong>crossing from Stornoway to Ullapool<\/strong>. Both succeeded: after a visit to Bespoke Cycles in Stornoway, my chain no longer slips off when 'climbing gears' - tested several times uphill - and I now find myself back on the mainland in Ullapool, with a weather forecast of several days of wetness ahead. But it would only be 'light rain', last week saw much heavier weather here and in the rest of the UK, resulting in several floods. That I was able to avoid those on the Hebrides is already some consolation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f79746 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9f79746\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stornoway.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4505\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stornoway.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stornoway-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stornoway-768x384.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d8200a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d8200a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Stornoway<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69fba5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69fba5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Now on to J<strong>ohn O'Groats<\/strong>, the northernmost point on the mainland, and then diving down to Kingstone-upon-Hull. I did a quick count, over 1,250 km left to pedal in 24 days. That's an average of 52 km a day. I should be able to do that, but then again I shouldn't detour or drift too much.<br \/>For the mileage sponsors: I got the <strong>cape of 3,000 km<\/strong> exceeded by 50 km. So I should end up with a total of somewhere around 4,300 km.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a5cff4 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7a5cff4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/156963010@N04\/albums\/72157710045817132\/with\/48471113366\" id=\"Flickr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">88 stunning Hebrides 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