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We had another good night on Zuza. If anyone suffers from insomnia I can greatly recommend living on a yacht. Masses of fresh air and the gentle rocking motion certainly worked for me. Although I am not sure that any weather but the windless heat wave we were experiencing would have had the same effect. We had noticed a tern colony on an island opposite the bay where we were moored. In the morning Neil took a few of us in the tender over for a closer look. We could not really get as close as I would have liked but here are some tern pictures. I am not sure if they are common or Arctic terns, both species are very similar. They were wheeling over the rocks where there nests must have been but did not seem to find us too threatening, such graceful birds. A rock? pipet An oystercatcher We then went back to the main island and this time walked west from the pier over a headland to try and get a closer look at the caves on the southern coast. Again cliffs stopped us getting down to them but...

  Eigg is certainly a very beautiful island. It has white sandy beaches, a hilly interior along with wildlife, archaeology and even a shop. It is owned by the Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust who manage the affairs of the island after a community buyout in 1997. It generates its own electricity from renewables and leases the pier centre, An Laimrig, to the local shop, tearoom and craft shop. There are about 100 people living here permanently and few second homers. Zuza anchored beyond the pier The Sgurr, formed from a pyroclastic flow around 58 million years ago Neil took us across to the pier on the tender. The water under the pier was crystal clear and inviting. We walked around the beach and found some interesting rotting boats and other artefacts. The warm sun definitely brought out the midges and we liberally plied ourselves with Smidge. We were lucky enough to see a golden eagle flying overhead. I managed to catch it with my camera but it was a long way off so it is a poor shot. W...