Family Vacation: Scotland Part 4

"The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep." - W. C. Fields

Finally.  A good night's sleep.  About four more of those and I might start feeling human again.

Got up early and tried for some sunrise shots of the castle.  This is Scotland. What sunrise? But at least we got to see the castle without all the tourists milling about (those bloody tourists!). The grounds were always open so we could walk across the bridge and around the little island.

Back to the B&B for breakfast and back again to the castle yet again to tour the inside.  It is actually a fairly small place.  It was restored in the early 20th century so it had some modern conveniences added, but still stayed pretty true to the original construction.

After the we were off again.  I guess this was my hollywood day, so to speak.  One of my favorite British TV shows is "Hamish MacBeth", which was filmed in a little village called Plockton just a short drive off the main road we were travelling.

My first foray into the one-lane country road.  Thankfully, we didn't meet too many oncoming cars.  But every few hundred feet or so they have a "passing place" on one side or the other.  If it's on your side, you pull in and wait for the oncoming car to pass.  If it's on the other you stop in the road and wait for them to pull in then continue on.  Quite a little dance of manners, with a flick of a hand wave as you pass.

I couldn't see very little of the village of "Lochdubh" in the reality of Plockton.  But it was still a pretty village.

A walk and a wee bit of lunch and off again to Skye.  Over the bridge to the island and the main road kept narrowing and widening with no reason I could see except maybe to save money on tarmack.

About 3/4 of the way up the island and a turn onto an even smaller road.  Apparently most of the area is common grazing land because there were lots of sheep and cows on the side of the road.  No fences.

And several were in the road!  The sheep moved pretty quickly out of the way as  you dorve up.  The cows...couldn't care less.  Had no concern for cars.  One was standing in the middle of the road nursing a calf.  Barely even twitched at the honk of a horn.  The other one off to the side finally took a few unconcerned steps and left a space just wide enough for the car.  We now know where we stand in the scheme of things...