On a cloudy morning with the threat of rain, we left our lovely spot at the RONA B & B overlooking Loch Carron for the final time and took the 15 minute drive on the narrow winding road to the A890. Lyn decided she needed to keep her hand in so took the wheel to see how she would go on her maiden drive.
She did OK and we got to the little village of Loch Carron to buy a few food items for our breakfasts. On reaching the shop Lyn retired from driving finding it a little too stressful.
Mick didn't book breakfasts at our next stop as they cost $16 each morning and we are not really into huge meals at that time of day so paying that much for cereal and toast is a bit silly.
We had decided to take a detour to have a look at Plockton, which is a small village also down a narrow winding road.
Plockton was a very quiet little place with the odd tour boat chugging in to pick up a few tourists who were wandering around the single street that makes up the village. We had our cup of coffee whilst we were there and sat looking over the very pleasant harbour. Unfortunately as the tide was out it was a bit smelly sitting on the sea wall.
We then had a walk down the main street with Mick photographing the bird life (Robin) and Lyn dropping into the craft shop.
Having had a rest, we left town on another road which was as narrow and winding as the one coming in and ended up on the A87 coming out of Kyle of Lochalsh. This road passed along the edge of Loch Alsh and passed through Dornie where we stopped to visit the beautiful Eilean Donan Castle.
We managed to find a spot to park the car and went in to the ticketing, restaurant and gift shop area and perused the goods on offer with Lyn buying one or two items. We then purchased our tickets which were a reasonable £5.50 each.
Eilean Donan is on a small tidal island in Loch Duich in the western Highlands of Scotland. Since the castle's restoration in the early 20th Century, a footbridge has connected the island to the mainland. It looks amazing from any view.
We found the interior to be relatively modern with many of the rooms decorated in the period of the early 1900's.
We both quite enjoyed the visit which had some interesting audio visual aids projecting video onto the walls in some of the rooms telling the stories of the early life the castle.
We then left the castle and continued our journey down the A87 with quite a bit of rain falling and passed even more mountains and Lochs en route before arriving at Invergarry where we stopped for a cup of tea.
We then continued down the A87 and turned onto the A86 before arriving at our next stop, the Stronlossit Inn in Roybridge, at about 4.30pm.
We were happy that Mick had specified a good TV so that we could watch the Motogp Race and the Belgium F1 race, as the room we were allocated had a nice big 32" Samsung flatscreen.
She did OK and we got to the little village of Loch Carron to buy a few food items for our breakfasts. On reaching the shop Lyn retired from driving finding it a little too stressful.
Mick didn't book breakfasts at our next stop as they cost $16 each morning and we are not really into huge meals at that time of day so paying that much for cereal and toast is a bit silly.
We had decided to take a detour to have a look at Plockton, which is a small village also down a narrow winding road.
Plockton was a very quiet little place with the odd tour boat chugging in to pick up a few tourists who were wandering around the single street that makes up the village. We had our cup of coffee whilst we were there and sat looking over the very pleasant harbour. Unfortunately as the tide was out it was a bit smelly sitting on the sea wall.
We then had a walk down the main street with Mick photographing the bird life (Robin) and Lyn dropping into the craft shop.
Having had a rest, we left town on another road which was as narrow and winding as the one coming in and ended up on the A87 coming out of Kyle of Lochalsh. This road passed along the edge of Loch Alsh and passed through Dornie where we stopped to visit the beautiful Eilean Donan Castle.
We managed to find a spot to park the car and went in to the ticketing, restaurant and gift shop area and perused the goods on offer with Lyn buying one or two items. We then purchased our tickets which were a reasonable £5.50 each.
Eilean Donan is on a small tidal island in Loch Duich in the western Highlands of Scotland. Since the castle's restoration in the early 20th Century, a footbridge has connected the island to the mainland. It looks amazing from any view.
We found the interior to be relatively modern with many of the rooms decorated in the period of the early 1900's.
We both quite enjoyed the visit which had some interesting audio visual aids projecting video onto the walls in some of the rooms telling the stories of the early life the castle.
We then left the castle and continued our journey down the A87 with quite a bit of rain falling and passed even more mountains and Lochs en route before arriving at Invergarry where we stopped for a cup of tea.
We then continued down the A87 and turned onto the A86 before arriving at our next stop, the Stronlossit Inn in Roybridge, at about 4.30pm.
We were happy that Mick had specified a good TV so that we could watch the Motogp Race and the Belgium F1 race, as the room we were allocated had a nice big 32" Samsung flatscreen.
Fiona, Roy and Lyn saying goodbye at the RONA B & B on Loch Carron
Lyn piloting us out - check out the white knuckles
The Five Sisters
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