Jane, Warren and I left Edinburgh on Saturday morning and drove north west, keeping just ahead of the predicted heavy rain in the east. We had a quick stop at Stirling Castle on our way to Oban for lunch. This is a very pretty fishing village on the west coast of Scotland.
From here we headed north stopping at the commando memorial but our view of Ben Nevis was obscured by the low cloud. It is still cold up here with snow on all the mountaintops. On to Eilean Donan castle, one of the most photographed castles in Scotland and used for the movie Highlander.
Over the bridge and we arrived at the Isle of Skye and our B&B Mo Dhachaidh.
Our host surprised us by dropping in a big bowl of langoustines which he had BBQ’d in garlic butter. He called them prawns but they were more like small lobsters.
We spent Sunday circumnavigating the island which is rugged, picturesque and unique. We had perfect weather – blue sky, sunshine and little wind.
We stopped at Talisker distillery which unfortunately was closed!
I would love to come back here and do some walking which is very popular. The mountain are rugged with little vegetation. At the top is a plateau of moors and peat bog. Lots of cute lambs grazing along the road.
