More on Quiraign

Dan is sick today, so he and I are staying in while the kids are out playing. Here are the views from where I sit, depending on whether I’m looking out the back

or the front. 

Not a bad place to be. 

We are staying in Ullinish, which is a tiny village on the southwest shore of the Isle of Skye. It’s quite blustery, but not raining. 👍

Quiraign yesterday was lovely. Dan and I hiked 3 miles; the kids did more, but we wanted to avoid very steep ups and downs. Did I write that earlier? Anyway, the views were awesome. 

Dan’s son being a goob

Requisite selfie

One of the coolest things to see - to me - were the two shepherds and their dogs. The sheep were free-range. The shepherds hike up and down the mountainsides with only their shepherds’ hook and their dogs. They have some way (cell phones? radios?) to communicate with each other but use a series of whistles and verbal commands for the dogs. It’s really something to see the dogs going up and down almost vertical hillsides. 

After the kids finished their hike, we were all pretty hungry, so we drove toward Portree to find food. Everywhere either had a long wait or was closed. We finally got food at 5 pm and then headed back to the rental so that Dan could crawl into his bed. Hopefully, this is a short-lasting head/chest something but he may have to get tested for Covid if he can’t shake it. Not sure what that means for getting home in a little over a week… 😳

Tomorrow, we drive back to Inverness via a couple of larger waterfalls. Cody and Autumn fly back to the states on Saturday morning, and we hopefully trade the “posh” car for something smaller. I’ve gotten better about negotiating the size of this thing, but I’m happier in a smaller vehicle.