They both have beautiful beaches, blue sky, clear water so what's the difference? About 25C. Notice in the picture above that Gill is not wearing a swimsuit, if you wanted to go in the sea then a wet suit would be the appropriate attire.
We walked along several nice beaches today, we did hope to see otters but the nearest we got were otter tracks however the sun shone and we got quite weatherbeaten by the wind which will help our tans so another good day
One interesting diversion was an ancient burial chamber which with a bit of crawling you could see inside (the body was removed some time ago).
Tomorrow we catch another ferry over to Harris where the beaches are supposedly even better and then onto Lewis where there are plenty of ancient remains for two ancient people to explore.