Sense of Place Tour 2 - Summer Isles

First View of the Summer Isles

A long but very pleasant drive via Inverness and food in Ullapool - good cafe/bar/bookshop see http://www.theceilidhplace.com  

We drive past Stac Pollaidh with its stunning rock ridge and finally come over the crest to approach Altandhu and our first view of the Summer Isles - breathtaking! When we're mindful of a view, a scene, what is it that so engages us we are lost for words, breathless, tearful?

Park the van in the campsite and settle in, cup of tea looking at the view, very relaxing,

Campsite and view - Altandhu

is it the tea or simply that we've stopped, have the opportunity to take in our surroundings and be mindful of ourselves in this place.

The 'Tengrian' approach, that of the nomadic culture of Kyrgyzstan, would suggest we find it easy to relax here because we can 'centre' ourselves in this place easily. There is water to connect us to our experience, ancestors, past teaching; mountains and trees to connect us to the sky world, the future and we can see in all directions. Be at one with the place.