Day 5 - 25th June 2026

It was a fairly early start to set off to the ferry. Leaving the site at about 7.30 the roads were clear and the journey was uneventful. Arrival to the ferry port in Uig was great. They knew who I was and that is was just me travelling, double checked the length of the motorhome and a quick scan of the ticket and I was parked up at 8.00 ready for boarding.

As I was stretching my legs, I spotted an open restaraunt and headed that way for a coffee. There were a couple of women walking with their dogs and I was caught laughing out loud as the young (5 month old) black lab wanted to walk under the feet of his owner. We had a chat and I went in to get a coffee. There was a bit of commotion outside and when I returned, the owner stated that a sheep and a lamb just wandered around the corner and set the dogs off barking. Especially funny as the other dog was a border collie.

Time soon past and the ferry arrived and boarding took place. Again, run with military precision, we were put into the spots and it was time to get upstairs ready for breakfast.

We had to queue for breakfast as the finishing touches to the food was being done in the galley. The breakfast was great.

It was a short and flat crossing across the water to Tarbert and a quick unload. I did get stuck behind a Finnish motorhome who couldn’t decide on which way to go, but that was sorted and I was Stornoway bound. The climb out of Tarbet is always a bit tricky but was easily managed. An hour and half later, I was pulling into the petrol station in Stornoway for some diesel.

The fuel price was 161.9p/l which wasn’t too bad. After a qucik brew in Western Isle Hospital I set off for my final destination.

Lemreway is in the middle of nowhere and the road that comes off the main island road is a 3 dimensional road and also single track for the majority of it. This was managed and I got to the spot I was staying for the night. We hooked up the electricity, I put out the Starlink for a bit of connectivity and settled down for a brew.

About 7pm that evening, all the lights in the house went off. We had a powercut. I think that this powercut took out most of The Outer Hebrides as well. Power returned about 10.30 that night, by which time I was already in bed.

Morning came around quite quickly and I was woken by the neighbours nice and early.