What a day! Beautiful day to start with. We took the advice of our hosts and headed west to a coral beach -but one with a difference. This one is made up of seaweed which had dried, been rolled around by the waves and broken up into very small irregular shapes. To get to the beach went like this :narrow single lane road through vilages across some moors and following instincts. Not many signs. At a T-junction there's a tiny green sign saying 'coral beach '. Park the car, go through a farm gate, walk for 15 mins across a paddock, another gate, past the cows, over hills and about 45 mins later you see the beach. It is white though. Then do the same to get back before it rains.
From there we followed another's set of narrow roads but a few more signs, directions from the post mistress of a village, avoiding the sheep on the road and suddenly, just when you think you are the only people alive, there are all these cars. Neist Point is on the very west coast of Skye and has a lighthouse. To get there though you walk down a set of steep steps, across a flat area, avoiding the sheep, up another climb and down again. The view was spectacular! Sea birds circling the cliffs, lush green grass, abseilers, picnickers, families and...sheep. Our host says she has a photo of them walking up the stairs to the top. We wondeted how they got down there.
A short drive then to another castle to wander its grounds and marvel at the flowers and amazing trees.
Our way back took us to Portree on the east coast. (photos to come)
