November 2006 - Canoeist Magazine

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The Point of Sleat light tower.
The view across the Sound of Sleat into Loch Nevis.
Eigg and Rùm seen from Aird of Sleat.
Cuillins to the west and then the Red Cuillins as well
to their east. With the sun on them or a changing
pattern of sun and clouds there is no better view in
Britain. Moving north brings them ever closer. The
Black Cuillins with their jagged crown of peaks consist
of 50,000,000 year old gabbro with plutonic intrusions,
elsewhere only found in northern Norway. The Red
Cuillins are more rounded granite with acid plutonic
intrusions, often looking more white than red. This is
the incomparable backdrop to this route. Also visible
are various combinations of the Small Isles to the west.
Beyond Rubha Charn nan Cearc is a small bay
where the rocks are covered with soft green weed and
separated by sand. At the back of the bay a waterfall
tumbles down the hillside to drop off a shelf at waist
height.
During his circumnavigation of Scotland Brian
Wilson became hypothermic in difficult conditions,
landed at Inver Dalavil, the mouth of the Allt a’
Ghlinne, and slept in a cave with vivid dreams for
twelve hours until he recovered.
249m Sgurr Breac separates this from the next inlet,
Tarskavaig Bay, where a heron may fish amongst the
wrack. Islets litter the coast from Tarskavaig Point, at
the back of Camas Daraich the remains of a wooden
boat which came to grief on them.
In weed and skerries off Tarskavaig Point.
First sight of the Cuillins, the Black Cuillins to the left and the Red to the right.
CANOEIST November 2006
Looking from Camas Daraich into Loch Eishort.