A wet early morning stroll behind the house at Borve, finds a fascinating selection of sights and splashes of colour. You have choices. Look up and out over Taransay to the wild Atlantic or look down. Today it is down.
A rock band with clinging purple ling makes a lovely foreground for lochan lochtabhat snuggling under the northern flank of Bleabhal, West Harris.The bogland is a perfect spot to observe a rich variety of human and natural wonders; small yellow tormentil clustered around muddy pool,
a meadow brown butterfly, a lovely orchid, perhaps a northern marsh. 
For those with an historic bent there is what remains of the stone age Dun Buirgh, very accessible, with an easy to find rock a short distance to the east displaying neolithic or bronze age cup marks.
Just north of the dun one can easily observe acres of runrigs, an agricultural relic from nearer history. All within a forty minute round before breakfast. Then one encounters Charlie's gate in the middle of nowhere. Now one is ready for fresh eggs, Stornoway black pudding and a pot of hot tea. What a perfect start to a day in a beautiful corner of Scotland in the Outer Hebrides.
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