Crossing the middle of the Island, the road out of Stornaway takes you through an expansive peat plateau that is still cut as fuel in many areas. The A857 finally hits a crossroad at Barvas on the coast and this is where the windsurfing adventure begins. Arriving at 2pm meant we only had two hours of light at this time of year so we decided to head straight to Brager to catch a late surf. All the forecasts were pointing towards wind on Friday so we had no real panic to scratch around for any sailing without much time on our hands. Sure enough, as Timo had earlier predicted, the surf was pumping and, with only the occasional seal to share the waves, it is not often you can score such quality surf in the UK with nobody else on the water – albeit with a 5/3 wetsuit, hood, gloves and boots!