To the Isle of Skye

After an interesting breakfast we drove from Minard Castle to the Isle of Skye, through Glen Coe in the Scottish Highlands. It was a long but beautiful drive through wild and spectacular scenery. By the time we got to Skye it was nearly 5pm. So we just checked into our bed and breakfast (the Glenview Hotel) north of the town of Portree. The scenery on this peninsula, known as Trotternish, was very beautiful, so we decided to drive around until it got dark (which didn't happen until after 9:30pm). We didn't realise until we looked around but our bed and breakfast was near what turned out to be the best birding spot on the trip - a high cliff with waterfalls and lots of Northern Fulmars (with some checks clinging precariously to the steep rock faces). We ate dinner at a tiny pub at the very northernmost tip of the peninsula - spectacular (although the ale was pretty so-so...)...