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On the Highlands Experience Tour, you can have the tour company reserve where you stay each night. All of the places we stayed were excellent, but we particularly loved David’s Bed and Breakfast on the Isle of Skye.
We were at David’s for two nights and it was fantastic. There were two cats and a dog my son fell in love with. I loved the atmosphere and food at breakfast. David personally cooked each of our meals, and we were set to go for exploring the Isle of Skye.
Our full day on the Isle of Skye brought sunshine and confusion to our bus driver. He said of the 12 years he has driven tours, he’s only seen it sunny in Skye four times. Lucky us!
Our first stop was at Sligachan Old Bridge. The folklore is that if you put your face in the water under the bridge for 7 seconds, you will become beautiful from a fairy’s blessing. There’s a bigger story behind it that you can look into if curious. The main point being, my son wanted to try it. So we compromised with me letting him dip his fingers in there and putting it on his face.
This was also the day we hiked the Fairy Pools, but you can read about that in my hiking post from August. For lunch, we had an hour in the Town of Portree where the Highland Games were being held, which we didn’t have time to see. What we did see was a highland marching band playing down the street!
Back on the bus, we made a quick stop at The Old Man of Storr. This is the formation of spiky pinnacle rocks near mountains.
Then we made a couple of waterfall stops. I have a feeling the first set of waterfalls my son will remember because he got a splinter on the wooden overlook.
No mishaps at Kilt Rock Waterfall, though! This was a lovely seaside waterfall with a bagpiper playing in the background.
Our last stop in the Isle of Skye was the ruins of Duntulm Castle. I think these ruins were my sons favorite. He had “fun” walking through the extremely windy conditions and running around the castle. How he didn’t get sheep poo all over him I’ll never know.
On the Isle of Skye (and plenty of other places in Scotland), we went to a distillery to have a wee dram of whiskey. Talisker Distillery in particular. To honor that, I’m trying Edinburgh Tea and Coffee Company’s Whiskey Tea. It blends black teas from China and Africa but adds a malt whiskey flavor. The instructions say to add a little milk. Pre- milk, there is a strong bitter flavor with a wee dose of whiskey. However, with the milk added it becomes more of a Scotland breakfast blend. Fun to try! But I am not tipsy, so should it really be called Whiskey Tea? (Yep, that was a joke)
Have a fabulous Friday!
Rory, Tea & Me 