Isle of Sky

We left via our massive breakfast and then went towards the Isle of sky - We changed our plans again a little bit, because upon further research I found that the scenery was much different and better compared with Ben Nevis. So we have another revised plan. Anyway, we went down to the golf course that was near our hotel, but there was nobody there - which was a disappointment as we were looking forward to it. Oh well, we then ventured onto our hostel (about 2 hours away) in Broadford, Scotland. We checked in, and then ventured on the scenic road from Broadford to Elgol a place down on the coast. The drive was very scenic. I would say much more scenic then the north of the Isle. On the way we saw this old man on the side of the road that wanted a ride. We picked him up and got treated to a very talkative Scottish old man that asked us a bunch of questions and answered our also very amusingly. His accent was crazy! He almost demanded that he take this photo for us. I have a video of him also - that is amsuing. We were running low on fuel... so we had to turn around and come back, but the views were pretty cool. My camera worked overtime.

That night we went to the rather large supermarket, Tarks cooked us dinner which was good, and then bed - rather early.

Today - caught up already!

 We had horrid night sleep - the bed mattresses were springy but when you can feel the springs it is not such a good idea, also the single be is slightly too small for us, so curled up is not a great sleeping position.  We have had some bad sleeping nights, but you always feel a bit ripped when you are paying for it. But the place itself is not so bad. Anyway, feeling a little bit tired - the others' more than me I feel - been used to getting little sleep the last few months - 1 night isn't going to changed anything, we headed off to past Portree and walked up to see the Old Man of Storr.

Old man of storr

View from Quiraing

Kilt Rock

The hike took about 1 hour each way plus about 15-20 minutes stuffing around at the top. You could easily spend another hour or two by walking amongst the hills, but as the daylight disappears early, we had to keep moving. I might add that the weather has been sublime. Clear skies - you would never know from the pictures that we are in the middle of november! We then went on to see Kilt Rock, a waterfall that flows into the see - again, views were amazing.
We then went up to see Quiraing - which has a bunch of land slipped cliffs and pinnacles all covered in green grass - well almost. Andrew at this point decided that he didn't want to get out of the car, got grumpy and slept in the car. It was a pity in a way, cause it was almost my favourite time in the last 4 days. But oh well - I don't car (I mean care) haha. We walked along the escarpment and we were treated to a great views the whole time - it was quite busy, at least for november. We then drove along the coast - the boys were quite tired so our driving was sort of useless as mark was falling asleep and andrew didn't care.  Saying that, it all turned out well, because the mountains had died down so to speak, and the harbors around the smalls towns were not as impressive as the ones further south. So we turned for home after having a kick of the footy - which revitalised them again.. Bought some food at the supermmarkter again - wrote my blog, dinner and then ate. It is so strange to adapt your body - cause it goes dark at 4pm... So you are thinking - yes it is time for dinner. But... no it isn't.. it's only 5.10... then 5.25...
Anyway - tomorrow we are going to York. 8 hours drive