Today’s guest blogger is Mary Bones. Being the day of rest, some party members had an easier day in the village area while six went to the far north-west end, to the Cambir, to view Soay from the nearest point and to record a probable bothy site on the south side of the Cambir At 1.00, we were moving along the steep grassy slope on the eastern face of the Mullach Bi ridge, near the summit of Mullach Bi, and cautiously looking over the precipitous western face to the great boulder field of Carn Mor below, scene of intensive labours over the previous days.  As we crossed the steep slope we discussed a range of topics: from the variety of structures on Carn Mor through hut circles to conditions at our various places of work – health and safety, rules for working near cliff edges, provision of protective clothing provision, problems with loss of experience as people retire, age profiles . . . . meanwhile Boreray and its attendant stacs, Stac Li and Stac an Armin came into view from behind Conachair, with a curious cloud just hanging over the island, similar to the cloud caps on Mullach Mor and Conachair. Stac Li is so white on top and all its ledges are white, with gannets and their accumulated droppings. In the warm weather some of the plants have come into flower – on a rock where no sheep can reach woodrush and stitchwort were thriving; primroses and roseroot in sheltered places. The sheep were more anxious in this area, being much less used to people than those in the village area, and they moved away when we were still some distance from them. In the cool northerly wind and after a late breakfast we kept going until after 2.00, waiting to have our pieces once we found a sheltered site in the sun near the Cambir, with a view looking across to Soay.