That was a hearty Scottish breakfast!

Having spent the night in a real bed, with sheets, which didn't rock to and fro, didn't have the occasional drip of condensation, was warm and I didn't need to wear a hat, didn't have the noise of wind whistling through the rigging; I didn't sleep that well! 

But The Lichboisdale Hotel did supply a really good Scottish Breakfast, a nice runny egg, thick cut local bacon, a good meaty sausage and Stornoway Black Pudding. The Stornoway Black pudding has only recently, 8th May, been given regional protected status. ie only Black Pudding produced in the parish of Stornoway can be called 'Stornoway Black Pudding', the champagne of black puddings. As David is bit of a sausage fundamentalist, he was well satisfied with the breakfast. 

I write this blog about two hours into a five hour voyage on the Caledonian MacBrayne MV Lord of the Isles, just passing the island of Rum. The sun is shining, a slight sea with a stiff cold breeze out on deck.