Hello from bonnie Scotland ..........

Happy Bank Holiday Weekend to you ..........

We're on Day 10 of our Scottish adventure and, true to form, the weather up here is, shall we say, a little changeable!  As Billy Connolly once said ...... 'there's only 2 seasons in Scotland, June and winter!!'

We can't really complain though, up until the last few days it's been glorious.  Sunshine and blue skies, and it's been lovely and warm too. 

In my last post we'd just arrived at the little town of Killin, and it was as lovely as always.  The Falls of Dochart were beautiful in the sunshine.

and there was a little bit more water in them than the last time we were here .....

I also had my first haggis of this trip ........ yum!

watched over by this handsome boy ......

We drove up through Glencoe and started our journey up to the Isle of Skye.  

Night 1 was at a place called Invercoe, a small campsite on the shores of Loch Leven 

Not a bad view from the front of the van

We then drove up through Fort William, with a quick stop off to refill the food (and wine) supplies and we spent Night 2 at the Morvich Caravan & Motorhome Campsite.  What a lovely little find this was.

Nestled in a wooded valley with plenty of walks and loads of wildlife around.  The staff were really friendly too.  We only spent the one night there but, we have booked in again on our return journey from Skye.

After leaving Morvich on the road to the Isle of Skye, we decided to stop off at the famous Eilean Donan Castle, one of Scotland's most iconic sites.  

Located on its own little island, at the point where three great sea lochs meet ...... Loch Alsh, Loch Duich and Loch Long, and surrounded by the mountains of Kintail, it really is a beautiful place to visit.

It was then time to cross the bridge, over the sea to Skye.

It was back in May 2019 when we were last on this beautiful island, and I think it was here that we finally made the decision to buy a motorhome, so it was only right that we came back to visit in Remi.

We spent the first couple of nights in the little town of Broadford, the second largest town on Skye.  

When I say town, it wasn't very big.  A few shops, a small supermarket, post office and a few nice places to eat.

The day we arrived was glorious so we had a walk around the town.  Good job we did because day 2 was so, so different.  The winds came, and the rain, and it was cold!!!   We were fine though, warm and cosy in the van.

Day 3, we headed off again, going north up to a place called Dunvegan.  The weather still wasn't great but, hey, this is Scotland!!! 

It was a little grey the day we arrived .........

The campsite is right on the shores of Loch Dunvegan, and is overlooked by MacLeod's Tables, two very distinctive flat topped hills.

As you can see we managed to get a pitch overlooking the Loch ........ this was Thursday

and this is today ....... Saturday.  Beautiful!

We start our journey south again tomorrow so fingers crossed this weather holds.

Thanks for popping by ....... enjoy your weekend.

Back home on the Isle of Man, the 2024 TT Races are about to get underway.  It's been a few years since we were off island for the TT fortnight, it seems really weird not to be there.  

Practice weeks starts on Monday ...... fingers crossed, apparently the weather's not great over there either.

We'll be keeping up with the racing, watching live on the internet when possible 

Cheerio until next time ........