To Isle of Skye day 54 Fri 15 Jun 2018

Slept in to 7.45am. Got away from the Ben Nevis Guest House Fort William before 10am just as the rain returned. Purchased petrol at Morrison’s for 125.9 GBP per litre, later passed fuel offered at 149.9 GBP the dearest yet (say AUD$3.00). Took lots of photos as we drove through the Highlands in mixed weather. Morning tea (from thermos) is with a view to Eileen Donan Castle just before the Skye Bridge. The roads on Skye are far better than the internet indicates. Lunch was at Sligachan then on through Dunvegan and checked into our accomodation at the Tables Guest House before driving on to Dunvegan Castle and gardens. Yvonne purchased some items in the shop then we followed a path in the McLeod Estate and then a smaller one near a stream where we disturbed a deer that was about three metres from the path but totally invisible until it fled across the path four metres in front of me. I could hear it moving so I stopped walking. It realised I was aware of it’s presence so it fled and so we saw it for a couple of seconds as it crossed the path right in front of me. Returning to the main path when the one we were on became boggy and followed it to a Monkey Puzzle tree. There were planting’s of possibility ash as some older pine. Returned to the car and Drove to our accommodation at Tables Guesthouse (with a view to the nearby Table Top hills. Dinner at the atmospheric Stein Inn in Stein. Czytaj więcej