A Wet And Grey Skye

The great thing about living up here is that you get the pick of the weather, the rainy days you stay in and do the hostel work, the nice days you get out and about. Unfortunately, it doesn't always collide with having a baby sitter for the hostel.

My mum is here, ready, willing and trained up for any eventuality so we took the opportunity to get away for the night. We had some climbing planned on the Cuillin but the weather wasn't playing ball when we got there so we decided we'd get on the tourist trail for the day and get something done the next day before we came back.



We had a nice day cruising round the shops, galleries, beaches and fish and chip shops but were itching to get something done in the hills. Unfortunately they'd disappeared from view completely by 3 in the afternoon. A restful night in the van, two cups of tea and bacon butties didn't help the weather to improve dramatically for the morning and we where torn between getting wet in the hills and, er, staying dry in the van. The van won, and we were back on the tourist trail before heading home (via some more fish and chips).

To summarise our trip, we'd recommend Portree harbour for chips and Grumpys in Plockton for Fish, but that's only if you can't get to the one at the top of the locks in Fort Augustus.

Weather is looking better for tomorrow, better work off these chips!

--Matt