Thursday day 10

We stayed in Portree a second night and had salmon and salad for a second night. We couldn’t get in any restaurants because they were booked up. The salmon from the Coop store was good and everyone was happy with eating in the house. It has been surprising to me how tight and quiet the houses are. We have had really heavy winds and the houses are quiet. It was nasty weather when we got up and it didn’t get any better. Strong wind and intermittent heavy rain. We toured the Eilean Donan castle that was rebuilt from 1912 to 1932. It was very interesting. I saw a lock of Bonnie prince Charles hair. We stopped at Neptune’s staircase. It is a series of 5 locks that are part of the system that goes across Scotland. We drove to Oban the long way because the ferry wasn’t running due to the weather. We wandered the town, had a nice dinner and we to bed.

The heavy rain caused the streams coming down the mountains to be so frothy that they were white. They looked like snow chanels. It was amazing.

One of the white rivers

Part of Neptunes staircase

A little bit of rain!

Bev and Janet at the castle. They don’t allow pictures inside.

An indication of the size of the roads. This is a small car and we are in a full sized van. This road is medium sized. Some are much better but some are smaller. Some are small enough that you have to use a pull out to pass a car going in the opposite direction.