This morning, breakfast was provided by Carol, the host of our accommodation. It was cooked beautifully and was very tasty.
This is the same view from our window as last night at 10:55pm (but at 10:05am)
Just before we left, I heard my first cuckoo!
We left Drumbouie and headed toward Dunvegan
Castle (supposedly our first stop for the day). There is a
bridge which took us on to the Isle of Skye. Of course i had
known about this island since childhood because of the "Skye Boat Song".
Almost immediately, we thought we had been transported to the
south island of New Zealand! The scenery is equally spectacular!
We stopped at Sligachan because we saw a lot
of people looking at this old bridge. It was built between
1810 and 1818 by engineer Thomas Telford. Nearby, there is a
statue called "Heroes of the Hills". Professor Norman Collie
and John Mackenzie are credited with creating many of the
routes across the Cuillins, an iconic mountain range in the
area.
Investigations on the internet revealed that the 19th century buildings had once been an inn. I couldn't find any information as to why it was abandoned or when.
As we were driving, we saw some ruins.
There was a sign to Struan Pier and the road seemed to
head in that direction so we ventured down. We couldn't
explore the ruins of the two buildings much because of
stinging nettles and brambles.
Investigations on the internet revealed that the 19th century buildings had once been an inn. I couldn't find any information as to why it was abandoned or when.
Only sheep inhabit the area now
