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Day 5: fantastic finale

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I discovered last night, for the first time on my journey, THE MIDGE. Relentless little beasts. They were nowhere to be seen during the day, but about 5pm one of their number obviously raised the proverbial flag and just like that, life became truly unpleasant.  No choice then but to look for a bar. I found one a short walk from the campsite and enjoyed (non rehydrated) fish & chips. It had been my 4th helping of this particular menu item in less than a week. I think that’s ok isn’t it?? I kept my eyes peeled for the Northern Lights, alas too much cloud.  Hang on, bear with, let’s get this done. Slay. Alice. Clara. Maximum Dad points.  Right, where was I? Glad I was 30km nearer the ferry port than I was supposed to be, is where I was. I knew when I planned the trip that I’d have an early start to catch the 10:30 ferry to Mallaig. If I caught the later one, I’d be racing to Fort William.  Moving location meant that I likely had a 90 minute ride to Armadale as opposed to a 3 hour rid
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Day 4: Lochs & Lumps

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Right. First things first, I need to do some life admin.  It would seem that I’ve not been mentioning Clara when referencing the word “slay”, but I have been mentioning Alice. And that’s surprising, because Clara is the slayest. Oh no, what have I done, let’s leave that there and get on with the blog. Skye is an assault on the senses. That is to say that on nipping in to pub opposite the campsite last night I saw more people that I’d seen in total in the past 2 days. To be fair it was a busy pub. But you get my point.  Whilst there, I took the opportunity to plan the next 24 hours. What to do with this day which had been given back to me thanks to the high winds of Mull Sound which seemed like a lifetime ago.  My first thought was to take a loop around Skye on a route which just so happened to pass the door of the Talisker distillery. Then I realised that it was impossible to do a tasting tour without at least 2 weeks notice.  My next plan was a loop of Loch Alsh and Loch Dutch. A cunn
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