Saturday 11th April 2016
Easter holidays again. This year we arranged to
meet Duncan up in Skye. We rented a cottage called Creag Mhor at Sallachy near
Kyle of Lochalsh. I would highly recommend this cottage as it has everything
you need including two wood burning fires and is secluded as you have to drive
about 3 miles from the main road just to get there.
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| Creag Mhor Cottage |
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| Inside Creag Mhor Cottage |
Day One.
Got up early and drove over to Glen Brittle Forest
on Skye as we wanted to visit the Fairy Pools. We arrived at about 9;15 am
thinking we would get the place to ourselves, but the car park was nearly full.
From the car park we followed the trail towards the Cuillin Hills. Spectacular views
all the way.
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| The Fairy Pools |
Once back at the car we got the bikes ready for a curricular
ride on some forest roads. Again the views were just breath taking. No matter
how many pictures you take they will not do it justice.
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| Linda & Duncan Loch Brittle in the back ground |
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| Coffee Break Loch Eynort in the back ground |
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| Loch Eynort |
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| Heading back to the car park at the Fairy Pools |
Day Two
Still sore from yesterday so we decided to go for a
short walk over at Balmacara. The hill we walked was called Ard Hill and it
only took about 50 min.
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| View from Ard Hill |
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| Linda resting on a tree stump |
After our walk we headed back to Dornie to visit
Eilean Donan Castle. This castle has been in a few TV programmes and films. So we
did the tourist things and took a lot of photo’s and also had lunch at the
visitor’s centre.
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| Eilean Donan Castle |
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| Eilean Donan Castle |
Day Three
Rested from yesterday we headed back on to Skye and
walked The Old Man of Stor. Another great day out with excellent views. On the
way back we had lunch in Portree at the Caledonian Café.
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| Duncan having a rest on the way up |
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| On route to The Old Man of Stor |
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| The Old Man of Stor |
Day Four
The weather is very mixed today so we went a bike
ride at Coillemore near Balmacara. Up into the hills again away from the
tourist’s, with only trees for company GREAT.
Day Five
Sunny and warm with a slight breeze today. Drove up
to Plockton which is a small village with very narrow streets. We parked at the
small beach car park and went a walk around the village. Stopped of for coffee
and scones with jam and cream at a very nice café where the staff couldn’t be
any nicer. I would recommend a visit to this café if your in the area.
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| Plockton |
From Plockton we continued up to Stromeferry where
we walked another small hill to work off the scone and cream. This hill was
called Creag Mhaol and it only took about one hour. You can do it quicker but
we kept stopping to take in the views. Back to Eilean Donan Castle for lunch
then back to the cottage to chill out for the rest of the day.
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| Linda annoying Duncan again |
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| Duncan thinks he's a squirrel |
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| Duncan cutting logs for the fire |
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| Linda chilling out while Duncan cuts the logs |
This was a great holiday, weather was good most of the time, the cottage was secluded and relaxing and we managed to spend some time with Duncan.
