Kinlochewe to Skye

We left the site on a grey morning and after  topping up with diesel doubled back to Loch Maree for a short photo stop. Then back on the NC500 route to Torridon via the single track road down the glen in the shadow of the massive Ben Eighe. There is a 5 star hotel with a helipad for its clients. We just had a cappuccino in the activity centre and photographed the tame highland cattle. The road to Sheildaig then rises to a great viewpoint where we bumped into a group of German bikers. I chickened out of the Bealach na Ba part of the route with its hairpin bends and 20% gradients and took the gentler single track road over the top.

We descended into Kishorn in time for lunch at the award winning Seafood Bar. Cullen skink, scallops and langustine (massive prawns) - excellent!
Another few miles along Loch Carron, now in the rain, we leave the NC500 and head for the Isle of Skye. Just before the Kyle of Lochalch bridge we stopped at the first co-op we had seen for over a week. Its was now raining heavily as we drove along the coast to an overnight stop at Sligachen. A basic site within walking distance of the Cuillin Mountains towering behind us.

We had covered about 90 miles today so I had butterscotch Angel Delight with a pecan slice. The clouds are closing in around us, but it's stopped raining. Can't believe it's going to be warm and sunny by Thursday.