Skye to Inverness

After enjoying a delicious continental breakfast at Fisher's Rock B & B, we farewelled Heather (lovely lady) and headed off to Talisker's Distillery before hitting the road to Inverness. It was raining lightly but steadily and we were thankful we had a better day for our drive around Skye on Tuesday.

Hugh, from Talisker's, gave Peter three whiskies to try, including an 18 yr old and a 25 yr old. Peter tasted while I sniffed.

As we left the distillery we followed signs to an oyster farm. The oysters, which are shucked while you wait, had been out of the water for 40 minutes - can't get much fresher than that!
 

We left Isle of Skye by the bridge. First stop was Eilean Donan Castle, on Loch Duich.

 

 

Travelling along Loch Ness, although raining most of the time, was still lovely. We stopped off at Urqhart Castle for a short time as it was getting a bit late for arriving at Inverness before dark:

 

 



 





 

We were met at Invernevis B & B by Shella from the Isle of Skye. A very friendly and vivacious hostess who rides a Harley. She recommended The Mustard Seed for dinner - a contemporary restaurant with a great atmosphere.We had the early dinner setting - I had smoked haddock pate & chicken breast with green peppercorn sauce - yummo!  Peter's steak wasn't a patch on Jackson's, I'm afraid. The B and B is within 10-15 mins walk of the centre -  there seems to be 100s of B and B's (probably a slight exaggeration) on the way. Lots have No Vacancy signs but we've been told it is usually because they have closed for the season.

 

We decided to have a quiet, no driving day in Inverness on Thursday. We strolled around the town,  had lunch at a café staffed by young, disadvantaged people - great coffee and food - called Café Artisan. We called into a little art studio where they collect early century art works. We purchased a 1920 original pencil drawing of 'Toledo'.

 

Inverness, which is located right on the loch, has a nice feel about it. It was lovely to see the sunshine this afternoon - makes such a difference to the colours of the Autumn leaves which are still in abundance. Unfortunately the pubs which were recommended for traditional music don't start playing until 9.30/10pm - past these old folks' bed time - looks like we'll have to wait for Sunday a'noon in Edinburgh!

 

 

We're off to Stirling tomorrow for two nights, then onto Edinburgh before flying to France on Monday.