Yesterday we drove from Oban all the way to Skye. It was a long drive through many different landscapes. At first things looked a little like Australia:
Rolling hills and fields everywhere, with light traffic and sunny skies. In an hour or se we entered the highlands, where the mountains grew much higher (some with snow at the peaks) and thin lakes seemed to be in every valley.
We briefly stopped at many of these for a stretch, and discovered many small rock cairns standing by the shores.
The engineering of these piles was at times exquisite, and I wondered if they were the work of one person or built over time by many? I added to a few myself, and hope my stones remain long after my trip.
In the highlands, as we got closer to our destination we drove past this famous castle (Eilean Donan) and of course had to stop and visit it. Its mostly reconstructed, but the tickets were inexpensive and it was worth the stop.
Once we got to Skye the landscape had become barren, with trees almost all gone and the mountains rising high above us.
We’ll explore this island tomorrow, but for now will relax in this luxury apartment we seem to have booked here in Portree!
The GPS said 3.5 hours driving; it took us about 6 in total with stops 🙂