Thurs., Aug. 4, 2011
Day 4 Highland Tour
We woke to a rainy day and got caught at breakfast with no umbrella. The innkeeper had extras by the door and sent us on our way. After packing and loading up the van we took off for Clan Donald Skye- a castle ruins and gardens. Although it is raining even harder, we managed to tramp around regardless. The gardens are lovely and gave me many ideas for landscaping back home.
We planned to take the ferry across so we can see the train and bridge used in the Harry Potter movies. Unfortunately, we couldn’t get the ferry for an hour and thus Steve took us on a very winding road for a little bonus site seeing. Nice farms & lots of sheep on the side of a very narrow country road. They are Scotland’s lawn mowers.
After driving on to the ferry we were able to get out and stretch our legs up on an enclosed deck. Upon leaving the ferry took a photo of the train used in the Harry Potter movies. Our next stop was for lunch near the stone bridge used in the Harry Potter movies. Our final destination was the Ben Nevis whisky distillery near Fort William. It was an interesting tour and of course had a wee taste.
It is still a very dreary day- at our next photo stop Mark just hopped out – I was too cold and wet to get off the bus again. We decided if we had to have such a rainy day today in order to have had the sun yesterday it is worth it. Our photo shoot was at the Castle Stalker viewpoint.
From there we traveled to Oban on the bay, for our last overnight stay. Mark and & I had a room in the Royal Hotel. We met up with our friends from Sweden, Andreas and Pernella, and ate seafood on the bay. After dinner we walked around the quaint town admiring the seaside and flowers.
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