{"id":7107,"date":"2024-08-28T18:59:15","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T18:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pattrotter.com\/?p=7107"},"modified":"2024-08-28T19:01:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T19:01:30","slug":"yes-more-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pattrotter.com\/?p=7107","title":{"rendered":"Yes, more rain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was no surprise to wake up yet again to a cloudy, rainy morning. It was a good day to just drive around and explore, do a little hiking, and snap a few photographs.&nbsp; I made another trip over to Vatersay and had a quick snack at the Vatersay Caf\u00e9, a lovely and popular spot that is part of the community center.&nbsp; There is nothing near this little caf\u00e9 except the Vatersay Trail which winds along the machair.&nbsp; I was hoping to see the cows on the beach again, but they had another agenda today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are little hamlets all over Barra and I can only wonder what made people build their houses in those exact locations. Borve is one of those little villages and can be viewed from a gravel road that winds up into the hills behind another settlement called Baile na Creige. It was raining lightly when I hiked up the road so only got a few photos of the flowers along the side of the hill.&nbsp; As the sun began to make its descent, I went out again to a spot I had been planning to photograph all week. It would have been a perfect sunset location -BUT, once again the clouds rolled in. 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