Some pics from 12 days in Scotland

[CameronCat]

Hi, and thanks for the kind comments. Here's the next installment.

We set out for the loop around Skye. Well above Broadford and on the way to Portree, the road runs around the base of Loch Sligachan.



Above Portree, we came to Kilt Rock (background) and the waterfall that has a name I've forgotten. The small burn feeding the falls is unremarkable, but becomes a spectacular gusher into the sea after a rainstorm.





Somewhere north of there, the road becomes single track with passing places AND the well publicized Scottish traffic hazards. This was only one of many occurrences on our trip.



Those that followed the IndyRef will recall that the YES movement adopted a small Saltire as their emblem. This supporter posted a flag on every fence post for more than a half mile. It made an interesting visual show as we drove by.



We stopped at the Skye Museum of Island Life, a preserved crofting community from long ago. According to the guide signs, the community was occupied until 1957. Second pic is a view from their car park, looking toward the Western Isles -- possibly Scalpay or Harris -- just visible in the distance.





Almost adjacent to the museum is the small cemetery with the monument to Flora McDonald.





Then it was down some great roads to Uig, which we still don't know how to pronounce. (Egg? OO-ig? Yug? Yigg?) Beautiful place, though.



From there, we took a side trip to the Talisker Distillery in Carbost which filled out a long day. They don't allow photos so not much to show from that side trip. On the way back to Kyleakin we grabbed this shot which sort'a defined the Skye experience for me.



That's it for now; more later. Enjoy.