16 August 2019, Friday

We spend much of the morning at the campground activity hut trying to upload blog, but the wifi is very slow. It seems only adequate for checking email and the news. Another campground resident decides it is more a wifi ‘warm spot’ than hotspot.

O and I decide to return to White Point on the coastal loop that begins at Neils Harbour. We were here two days ago but did not walk up the road leading to the point. After all, it was then only my first day of weight-bearing. Today I have enough confidence to go on a short hike.

We park Vincent near the harbour and start up the sandy road. It’s a longer walk than I thought, but it goes surprisingly well. I am glad that I brought both crutches along. We make it up the sometimes steep (on crutches) and rocky road to the promontory. The scenery reminds O and me of Scotland. We sit and enjoy the view for some time, watching cormorants and gulls over the water and whimbrels, a type of large sandpiper, flittering up onto the promontory and back down to the beach again. It is quite beautiful and well worth the hobble. While there we have a chance to chat on the phone with G who is visiting friends in Redmond, Washington.

Eventually it is time to crutch and hobble back to Vincent. Before our return to camp we seek a way to the spit of sandy beach near Dingwall, but the road ends at a resort. The beach access appears to be private. It’s near supper time so we return to camp to eat and to enjoy the evening.