Trotternish
Today was our first really hot and sunny day on Skye. We awoke
in the car park beneath The Old Man of Storr but within about
three minutes we had to drive rapidly away due to the midges!
We have realised that trees and undergrowth is the home to
swarms of them and are definitely places to avoid.
The sun was boiling hot and it was only 8 in the morning.
We had breakfast at the beautiful spot we had found the night
before at the cliffside. I drew a picture of the Old Man,
who today, had taken on a kind of erotic mode……
We renamed him the dirty Old Man (hope no one finds this offensive
but we found it funny!).
We tore ourselves away from this splendid view to walk down
to Barrearaig Bay where the water was crystal clear. We walked
to the top of the cliff where the view of the coastline was
spectacular.
Then went down the steep zigzag decline to the beach.
Onward to Flodigarry Hotel where we had read of a fairy fort.
Unfortunately, the fairies didn’t want to be found today
– even the gardener who had lived in the area all his
life knew nothing of it. So, we settled for a lovely lunch
of locally caught Monkfish instead.
The landscape here is truly full of giants and goddesses everywhere
you look. They look down on us watching and protecting. We
have found the part of Skye we have fallen in love with. It’s
immense beauty and ruggedness are sometimes overwhelming and
altogether stunning.
It has been an amazing five days.
Now we are ready to go on in the morning to probably the most
remote part of our journey – North Uist. We are not
sure of the telephone reception on Uist so the updates maybe
intermittent. Fingers crossed.
