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"Over the sea to Skye"

Today we ventured down to the Isle of Skye. Thoughts... well the bridge was nice and some of the scenery was cool, but really it is a drive to nowhere special:(

Bridges to Skye

We stopped at a waterfall and a shopping centre to restock, visited a tourist centre but really nothing stood out. We were not going on anymore single lane roads!!


Skye Mountains



The best parts were driving back towards Fort William though the mountains on both sides which had snow on the tops. Looking at the huge mountains right beside us as we drove thought the Glen.
You get really close to these as you drive -great sight



We stopped at Fort William to check out the tourist centre and plan the next day or so and wandered up the main street looking for pressies etc.


Also the drive beside the Lochs were really nice.

Our van site is quite a nice spot and very picturesque. Three Loch join here mountains in the background and 3 swans right near us.


Things were have noted or learnt so far. Public toilets cost about 50p to get in!! If you can find them.
Lots of tourist centres are closed or you can't get to them easily. Most things close at the end of Oct and don't reopen till April next year!!
The showers in van parks often have push button timers on them that last between 7-12 sec before you have to push them again. They have weird shower taps if you call them that. Will post photo later.
The roads are still trash until you get close to Fort William. You have to keep pulling over to let people past as there are no passing lanes!! The roads are still narrow and if you can think of some of the worst roads in Aus you get close to these roads. Apparently Scotland has no money to fix them.

Till next time .... Keep living the Dream
Rob & Liz 


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