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Hi, Highlands! Poolewe-Gairloch-Isle of Skye
August 26 It was time to enter fully in the Highlands! They are the same as in movies or postcards! rounded green mountains, countless lakes, steep hills, low clouds... and sheep! lots and lots of sheep! (now I understand why scottish wool is so fine). The first thing we visit is the Falls of Measach, small waterfalls that you can see from a old …
Macdonalds of the Isle of Skye
... still has the same layout and exterior that it used to. It is right on the water with a beautiful view across Portree Harbour and of the green hills around Portree.
Campbell then drove us around Portree, and we stopped at the harbour where we saw Ewan and three of John’s third cousins, who had just come in on the fishing boat. They were sorting crates of crabs, about 2 tons in all, from the traps they had brought in that day. It was ...
A long drive North
... d been warm and sweaty as we’d arrived, but were hit by the wind and the temperature dropped to zero. A quick bite of lunch and we had to head back down to warm up.Next day we headed off to see Loch Coriusk. The centre of an ancient volcano, surrounded by the Cuillins, Loch Coriusk can only be reached by foot or boat and a short walk. We boarded the Bella Jane at Elgol, the 2 boatman filled us in on the way, with stories of the surrounding islands, the local ...
Highlands day 3: Skye → Inverness
... forces of Queen Elizabeth I of England in 1596. It is filled with a half gallon of claret (red wine) and on the coming of age of each clan chief, he has to chug the whole thing without “sitting down or falling over”. The tradition started because of the importance of feasting in relations between clans. There is also the tusk of a 60-year-old elephant procured by Arthur Newan in 1896. Because of the age of the elephant ...
Scotland - Skye and Highlands
... our way out we see someone taking a picture with an iPad again, there always has to be one!
We had been very lucky with the weather, so to be expected, for the final day, it poured! Not bad in terms of timing as we had a decent drive back to Edinburgh, still some great vistas here and there, but it was a bit of a come down when we arrived back into rolling farmlands. Once back in Edinburgh it was another easy train ride back ...