Hebrides Day Six, High and dry

I'm not sure how we managed it but we stayed dry today and still do everything we wanted to do.
We explored all the beaches on the West side, all special in different ways from one with sea stacks and massive waves to one a curve of sand with oyster catchers and gulls standing at the edge of the pale blue water, a man even went in for a paddle !
We walked to the reconstructed Norse Iron Age corn Mill and Kiln at Shawbost. A mill has existed here in the Iron Age and was used for drying and grinding barley into meal. At the moment the mill is being rethatched but you can still look inside.
We continued our journey North visiting an RSPB Reserve where orchids, and other wild flowers spread out towards a Loch. Too windy to have a good look but we did see lapwing, skylarks and wheatears.
We stood next to the largest standing stone in Scotland at 5.8m tall. Originally surrounded by a circle of stones which have now been used in the making of walls and the last one was used as a lintel in a nearby house around 1914.
Lots of places were closed so we were really thankful for a free cup of tea and biscuit at Borgh Pottery and eventually had a meal in the Sonas Café at Port of Ness once the minibus full of people had left.
A trip to the lighthouse, a gallery where the Artist, Antony Barber, was giving an inspiring talk to a school group and St Moluag's Church , the building believed to date from the 12 th Century, however it is thought that it was first consecrated in the 6th century and probably the first place in Lewis where Christianity was preached. The lighting is still by candle and oil light , still with wooden pews with no cushions and a nice stainglass window shining above the alter.
These boats were lined up in the harbour at the Port of Ness.