Today we decided we would go over the sea to Skye.

We headed off on the route that would take us over the Skye Bridge, yes Skye is now connected by bridge to the mainland.  So, I guess technically, you don’t have to go over the sea anymore.

Once we go onto Skye the terrain is pretty rugged and there isn’t much vegetation only a few trees in the valleys and a lot of them seem to be pine plantations.  Up on top of many of the maintains it is just bare rock and scree slopes.  There are some pretty little villages and a lot of the views are pretty good.  We stopped alongside a loch and had morning tea overlooking a castle, then went up to Portree and had lunch.  A very popular place with travellers and very difficult to find parking.  But once again a nice little village.

We saw quite a few fish farms in the inlets along the coast.

On the way back we decided to take the ferry from Armadale to Mallaig.  It turned out that taking the ferry only saved about 30 miles!

We didn’t think Skye lived up to its reputation for being a really nice place.  Sure there was rugged scenery and coastline and a few interesting villages.  But by and large it looked a pretty inhospitable place.  Not the sort of place I would like to get snowed in at in winter!

Jude went out shopping while I decided to catch up on the emails…I wonder if she will find her way back to the hotel!!