19 September 2014

We knew we were in trouble when the fog was thick in Portree harbor at breakfast. There were two drivers from a small van tour group operation at breakfast. One said yesterday was the strangest days he had ever seen on Skye – lots of fog to the east and sunny in the west. We were hoping that the fog would clear by late morning so we hung around the B&B until about 10. It seemed to be lifting so we started out. No luck. I got a couple of shots of a waterfall, but the next pull out should have been a great shot of the headlands with the entrance to a loch in the background. The fog obscured most of it. And then there were the cows and sheep in the road, looming out of the mist. ack!

Michael was driving and by the time we got to the single lane part of the drive, it was really pea soup. We decided to carry on in hopes that the western side of the peninsula would be better. The fog persisted until we got to Uig. We stopped for lunch and to visit the Uig pottery. I think I can get the small water pitcher in the backpack. Uig was pretty clear, but the fog was still hanging around the mountains. We decided to visit Castle Dunvegan – home of the MacLeod of the MacLeod.

It’s a small castle, compared to the ruined ones from earlier in the trip, but it’s livable. We toured the castle and some of the gardens before heading back to Portree. We got back in time to stop at the craft store and pick up a cross stitch pattern of a thistle and heather. It’s a kit with aida cloth – I’ll take it home and do it on linen. Michael decided he needed a small bottle of the local malt whisky.

View from the room 

There is a loch behind that mist

Uig 

Dunvegan Castle

Loch at Dunvegan

Hydrangea at Dunvegan

Nice dinner at a new Indian place in town. There was a table with 10 young people from the US behind us. Not sure how they ended up in Portree.