Today, the sun woke us up and we went for a stroll on a beach with cows J. The car told us, it was 25°C. It felt like Greece, just greener. Later we found a nice coffee and cake place in Dunvegan and ate a carrot cake. Here, they use orange flavour in the carrot cake, which is delicious.
In the afternoon I wanted to see some cliffs and we drove to the western end of the island and found some pretty steep and rough cliffs.
Normally people refer to the Isle of Skye as „the Skye“. It reminds me a lot of the Lofoten in Norway. Mountains, green hills, oceans, small houses, cliffs, beaches and of course sheep. We went to Portree the largest town on the island, where we are staying for three nights. It’s a lovely fishing village, with a lot of tourists and too few restaurants. Luckily there is a great place for fish and chips just at the harbour.
Today we went on the hike to Ben Edra, a mountain of the Trotternish Ridge. It was sunny at first, but then we got lost in a swamp. By the time we were almost at the top, the fog came from the ocean and we decided to go back again to avoid getting lost in the fog.
Pics from Mr. K.
Today we drove through the Highlands (the Scottish Mountains). There were clouds, a tiny bit of rain and fog. This was what we had expected to experience the whole time. We went for a walk and after 5 minutes we saw the first lapwing!
Lapwings occur in wetlands. They are mainly black (tinted green) and white with a crest on the head. The wings are black with a white end and white on the under side. They have a peculiar, erratic way of flying, to which its name refers.
Picture: Birdforum, Nigel Pye