WORDS in ACTION

I’ve never seen so many natural wonders in one walk as I did the other evening. Taking advantage of the long light night, a pal and I went walking at the south end of the island. The sun was behind us so everything ahead was lit, a stonechat on top of a gorse bush, copper breast against the blue sky; two enormous hares; a lochan with yellow lilies coming into bloom standing upright out of the water beside huge fanshaped green leaves…I could go on and probably will as more amazements come to mind.  I didn’t set out to do a travelogue for Bute.  I’m still just astonished that every corner we turned yielded something else marvellous.  So to the pal who persuaded me on a three and a half hour hike – I owe you one!