Our journey from Oban to Skye was in fantastic weather and we arrived on the Isle of Skye on a beautifully rare sunny day....
The campsite was next to the Loch in a working croft so we had sheep and highland cattle in the next field. Fresh duck eggs for breakfast from the farm shop - fantastic!
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| Bessie is in the middle of the photo |
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| It's a hard life! |
We had a great day cycling to Skye's oldest pub (the Stein Inn) - crab sandwiches for lunch. It was only a 20 mile round trip but included a very long uphill on the way there and a puncture on the way back!
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| Stein village |
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| The Stein Inn - ready to cycle back! |
On Sunday 31st July the wind blew and it rained...horizontally!! So we had a "work day" and caught up with paperwork BUT the next day the sun shone again as we headed east to the Black Isle....We went the slightly longer way across - via Wester Ross and Loch Carron but it was worth it for the lovely views:
Our campsite was at Rosemarkie on the Black Isle (about 11 miles from Inverness). Situated on Half Moon Bay on the Moray Firth and famous for a pod of 360+ bottle-nosed dolphins at Chanonry Point - just about the closet one can get whilst still on land. We were lucky to arrive on one of the best days for a while to see these magnificent creatures. Malc took these photos just before high-tide when the salmon are forced into the bay and the dolphins come into feed. They rise from the depths and grab the salmon. Often the fish are much too big for them and they have to bite chunks off to finish them off (see bottom picture below).
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| This one is eating a huge salmon! |
Next stop, Speyside by Craigellachie - home to about 50 whisky distilleries!!.................it could be some time before we update the blog!! Cheers!
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