PART EIGHT - Carbost and Fairy Pools

 

THE ISLE OF SKYE.


CARBOST, TALISKER DISTILLERY, THE OLD INN, & THE OYSTER SHED.


This is the beginning of our two weeks on the island. We had a long tick list of things we wanted to do. So far, the weather had been kind, and the midges virtually non-existent - result!


We traveled across Skye to our first base on the West coast, Carbost.When we turned off the main road towards Carbost, this fellow greeted us.


And BOY! He wasn't joking!!! 

😮


These were, without doubt, the worst roads Id ever seen! Mind you, it kept speeds down - maybe that's why they don't fix them?

You know things are bad when you can even buy a car sticker!



The site at Carbost is just hard standing. Not pretty, by any standards, but served it's purpose. Water & Electric right on the pitch, shower and toilet block, if needed. 

The views over Loch Harport were super.


Just behind us was a track leading uphill. We thought was might as well explore!

Those sheep watched us - what was up there, we wondered?

The answer was, a sort of burial mound, complete with stone circle.

The views from up here were tremendous. Whoever lives (or died) here had the best! We tried and tried online, to find our more about this place, but nothing! Apparently, there are LOADS of these scattered about in Scotland.

As the Talisker distillery is here, we had a wander down to investigate. It's a really nice looking building, not sure of the age, but it looks fairly new?

Inside, it looks ultra-modern! It's owned (like many distilleries) by the Diagio group.
From Wikipedia; Diageo plc is a British multinational alcoholic beverage company, with its headquarters in London, England. It operates from 132 sites around the world. It is a major distributor of Scotch whisky and other spirits.

I mean, I like a dram, but at this price - FAR too rich for my taste!

We also had a local pub just down the road, the Old Inn. 
Fortunately (well, more planned than by fortune) there were no midges to eat us while WE ate. These outside tables would be unusable if there were.

Cant resist scallops with black pudding - a marriage made in heaven!

This cullen skink too - OMG 💓

Next day dawned quite good, and we set off to the Fairy Pools, another box to tick on our list.

According to all we spoke to who have been before (including Sue), this place has changed VASTLY in the past few years.
There's a huge new car park (with extortionate prices), and the path to the pools is stone laid. Not pretty, but necessary, because the millions of feet have caused bad erosion. A victim of it's own popularity. 

Sue, excited to get going. We were intrigued by that gash down the centre of that mountain in the centre of the shot.


Quite a few people were making the trip, but not too bad.











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