Paul's ramblings
This was our final full day in Scotland – we’d be heading back to the Fort William Premier Inn and returning the hire-car – but as that wasn’t required until around 4pm, we would have plenty of time to continue to explore on our way back. …
Skye is made up of five main peninsulars – today we would mainly be exploring Trotternish to the North of the island, as well as Duirinish in the North West. …
Dad had indicated he would be happy with a short walk (somewhere we’d been before), and I had an idea that was almost entirely flat and on sure ground, and with some shelter from wind and rain. Additionally, it wasn’t far from the Talisker Distillery, which we wanted to visit. …
Day One – to Loch Duich [googlemaps http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Bishopthorpe&daddr=loch+duich&hl=en&geocode=%3BFY02aQMdkiut_ykdKem2ApSOSDGgm6o7GmgMKg&mra=ls&sll=55.57196,-3.26185&sspn=3.876697,11.634521&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=55.57196,-3.26185&spn=3.30172,4.32338&output=embed&w=425&h=350] Day one, and we set out from York in Wesley (dad’s X-type) for our very long drive to the Scottish Highlands, more