Today we boarded yet another tender and another bus!

Today's shore excursion was to the Black House Museum and the Calanais Standing Stones. Black Houses were once the only houses on the Isle of Lewis. They have no windows or chimneys and are made with thatched roofs. Smoke from an open peat fire inside escaped through the roof instead of a chimney. A full year's supply of peat, which is abundant in the soggy valleys, can be cut in one day by just three people. The cattle byre was attached to the house and the family lived inside with the animals. Robert and I found these houses fascinating