Scotland - Day Five
Sharksssssss! Have you seen ever seen sharks in the nature? We did! Dimi says it was 20m long, I say it was definitely 40m. But let me tell you the events as they were before that …
The goal of the day was to explore the island of Skye and to get to the most Western drivable point of Scotland.
We woke up in Torridon under the highest mountain of the area. It’s one of the Monroe’s mountains. Apparently, as we were told by a nice woman (mountaineer) who climbed all over Scotland, Mr. Monroe was an explorer and climbed and listed up all the mountains in Scotland which are higher than 3000 ft. It seems there are about 270 mountains in the list. For our friend there were only 47 mountains yet to climb while for us it will be 269 by the end of the trip, but only if we do manage to defeat the highest one tomorrow.
We had a very nice breakfast in the harbor of Plockton village which sometimes referenced as the ‘jewel of Scotland’. We sat at a table located on the edge of a lake with a magnificent view and a bird who was begging for food by making sounds and tricks.
The entrance to the Island of Skye is via a remarkable bridge which was built 13 years ago to connect the island with the mainland. Thought the day we drove all over the island and saw a lot of nice views including a very high waterfall at Kilt Rock.
For us, the most interesting and probably the breathtaking place of the island is the most Western point, where a lighthouse stands. It was not easy to get there. Small roads with a lot of sheep and narrow roads with small passing points for coming traffic eventually brought us to the parking, which is about 2 km from the lighthouse. It was really an amazing feeling to be at the most western point of Scotland, to stand there and be almost surrounded by the sea. Actually it was also a great fun to climb and jump between the strangely rocks carved out at before the cliffs.
Even more breath taking was the view is from the hill located next to the lighthouse, after some climbing where you end up on a high cliff. We spend there almost an hour just sitting, enjoying the sun, wind and trying to spot any life in the ocean. We were inspired but some tourists who told us that a number of hours before there were whales going to the right and sharks going to the left. Unfortunately we saw none.
On the way back, suddenly, just next to the coast, we saw a strange triangle moving slowly. We couldnot believe it. Bloody hell! It was a shark! We almost jumped into the water to take a picture of it. Apparently there were two of them and they were moving very slowly. We wandered what brought them there, sharks like warm water while in Scotland the water is quite cold.
On the way back we invented a silly game. We called it - Hunt a sheep! The idea is simple, you drive slowly to a sheep, open the window, remove your safety belt and just catch it by the wool with a hand. The surprised animal is rushing away from the childish tourists. After many unsuccessful trials, Dimi and me scored one each. Have a look at the short video … http://www.youtube.com/v/DohG-wSL0lY
We couldn’t find a sleeping place in any of the youth hostels, but luckily we found a place at the backpackers hostel in Kyreakin, close to the bridge, the exit of the island of Skye to the mainland.
The goal of the day was to explore the island of Skye and to get to the most Western drivable point of Scotland.
We woke up in Torridon under the highest mountain of the area. It’s one of the Monroe’s mountains. Apparently, as we were told by a nice woman (mountaineer) who climbed all over Scotland, Mr. Monroe was an explorer and climbed and listed up all the mountains in Scotland which are higher than 3000 ft. It seems there are about 270 mountains in the list. For our friend there were only 47 mountains yet to climb while for us it will be 269 by the end of the trip, but only if we do manage to defeat the highest one tomorrow.
We had a very nice breakfast in the harbor of Plockton village which sometimes referenced as the ‘jewel of Scotland’. We sat at a table located on the edge of a lake with a magnificent view and a bird who was begging for food by making sounds and tricks.
The entrance to the Island of Skye is via a remarkable bridge which was built 13 years ago to connect the island with the mainland. Thought the day we drove all over the island and saw a lot of nice views including a very high waterfall at Kilt Rock.
For us, the most interesting and probably the breathtaking place of the island is the most Western point, where a lighthouse stands. It was not easy to get there. Small roads with a lot of sheep and narrow roads with small passing points for coming traffic eventually brought us to the parking, which is about 2 km from the lighthouse. It was really an amazing feeling to be at the most western point of Scotland, to stand there and be almost surrounded by the sea. Actually it was also a great fun to climb and jump between the strangely rocks carved out at before the cliffs.
Even more breath taking was the view is from the hill located next to the lighthouse, after some climbing where you end up on a high cliff. We spend there almost an hour just sitting, enjoying the sun, wind and trying to spot any life in the ocean. We were inspired but some tourists who told us that a number of hours before there were whales going to the right and sharks going to the left. Unfortunately we saw none.
On the way back, suddenly, just next to the coast, we saw a strange triangle moving slowly. We couldnot believe it. Bloody hell! It was a shark! We almost jumped into the water to take a picture of it. Apparently there were two of them and they were moving very slowly. We wandered what brought them there, sharks like warm water while in Scotland the water is quite cold.
On the way back we invented a silly game. We called it - Hunt a sheep! The idea is simple, you drive slowly to a sheep, open the window, remove your safety belt and just catch it by the wool with a hand. The surprised animal is rushing away from the childish tourists. After many unsuccessful trials, Dimi and me scored one each. Have a look at the short video … http://www.youtube.com/v/DohG-wSL0lY
We couldn’t find a sleeping place in any of the youth hostels, but luckily we found a place at the backpackers hostel in Kyreakin, close to the bridge, the exit of the island of Skye to the mainland.
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