Skye

Today we took a tour bus to the Isle of Skye. I generally abhor bus trips (car sick) but there wasn’t really any way to get to the Elean Donan Castle – one of the places to go in my book “40 Places to See Before You Die. It was a beautiful day so we were able to see the hills in the Scottish Highlands very well. The scenery was stunning with the clouds just touching the tops of the hill/mountains. We stopped at a hunting lodge for tea in the morning and at lunch we spent an hour and a half at the Clan Donald Centre and Armadal Castle. Mike is ¼ Scottish (specifically Mac Donald) so it was an interesting stop for him especially. Many of the Mac Donald’s from Isle of Skye emigrated to Prince Edward Island in the 1700’s. After lunch we continued our tour on a narrow road to Ord. Mike and I were both wishing we had our bikes! It would have been great fun with the hills minus the single track road. Several time we had to back up to a wider spot so other cars could pass. We stopped at a beautiful beach near Ord to collect shells and enjoy the warm sun. I found lots of limpets, one of my favorite Gastropods! Our bus driver tried to find us one of the cute Highland steers (or Hamish – locally called) but they were all too far away to see. We were then off to our final stop the Elean Donan Castle. How do I explain the disappointment? We stopped at a parking lot about a ¼ mile away and took pictures!!!! We didn’t get to go up to it let a lone go into it!!!UGH!!! Beautiful with the mountains in the back drop but really??? Trying to look on the sunny side- it was a nice day, and we did see a lot of beautiful thing that we wouldn’t have seen if we just went to the castle!
Jane