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  PORTREE AND  THE FAIRY GLEN The camp site at Portree. This is a very large site, with all  amenities but is all hard standing, as opposed to grass. The views are great, if you pitch on the right looking out to the mountains. There's lots of grass for tents to pitch too. Unfortunately, today our luck ran out with the weather, and we awoke to this. But, after a little while, it brightened up, and we set off to do a walk into town to explore, and also to walk along the peninsula. This is the small town of Portree. Views were a bit tainted by the mist and low vis, but it was sure warming up as we set off along the headland, the Scorrybreac trail.. There was a large salmon farm in the straights, with boats coming and going to it.  The skies still looked overcast, but were starting to clear. It was getting too warm for a coat now The impressive cliffs of Creag Mhor ahead. The huge salmon farm in the straights. The short path turns inland to head back to Portree. The path...

  Today,   we decided to explore closer to home,  and  take a look at the headland beyond Carbost. But first, we wanted to visit THE place for seafood around here - the famous oyster shed. We HAD already been, but today we went more hungry, hoping for a better selection as, last time, they had no mussels, and no prawns. As you can see - again we were unlucky :-( We decided on Oysters and prawns. I'm not really a massive fan of oysters, I think they are overrated, but when in Rome..... The act of opening an oyster is called 'shucking'  - this guy was an expert! After eating, we continued onwards towards the end of the promontory, Portnalong, beyond Carbost. The road ends rather abruptly at a landing stage. Y ou can't get the perspective here, but this jellyfish was the size of a dustbin lid!! The sublime and the ridiculous - two houses side by side that were a world apart. Gotta love an old Landy :-) After Fiscavaig, this road too ended abruptly, and the only thi...

Glenbrittle, Neist point  and Coral Bay. The day dawned warm and clear, so we set off to tick a few boxes. Glenbrittle is a good place to access or view the southern end of the Cuillin, and on such a lovely day, we were keen to  see it! This is Glenbrittle bay. Yesterday, we went to the Fairy Pools and today we passed them on the road here. One thing we DID miss (we didn't realise it was there until after we came home) was Glenbrittle waterfalls. There's a track opposite the youth hostel that allows access to it. Ah well - next time! This is a lovely place, with a HUGE sweeping beach. There's also a very good camp site here (with the BEST coffee of the whole trip). This view forward just made us shudder with anticipation. How wonderful do the Cuillin look today? This is looking back to the bay from higher up the path.   We both wished we had younger legs - as the Cuillin drew us in. Still, this is more than a lot of people our age do :-) We also wished we had time to...