This is the final blog (what’s that I hear you say “Awwwwwwwww, say it isn’t so!” …or was it, “At last, I thought it would never end!” …tsk, cheeky!). This is a brief look back at our final morning as we made our way back to Livingston. Before reflecting on a few stories from the week that were cut out, shredded on the editor’s floor, along with some random pics that didn’t make the first cut. So yet again my morning started like every morning this week with an early morning walk along the beach. The weather was a little brighter today, although it was still damp following yesterday’s rain.…

Our final day’s journey took us back south toward home. Starting on the crazy Applecross Rollercoaster before hitting busy towns with long queuing traffic, something we hadn’t encountered for days. Another thing we hadn’t seen for days was rain, this hit us just as we arrived at our final stopover! I overslept a bit today, sleeping too long for me to walk over THAT road! Oh well, I guess I’ll ride in the campervan after all! 😉 But… I still got out for a short walk, down to the seafront, heading in the opposite direction to the way we’d walked yesterday to the pub. It was a lovely gentle walk…

The sixth day of our Magical Mystery Tour took us over a small (yet significant) bridge to a stunning castle, through amazing scenery bathed in glorious sunshine (in fact, you would think we were driving around the Italian lakes!), onto the Applecross Rollercoaster! I was up early again for my morning walk; after all the food last night, it needed to be a good one to give me some decent exercise. And it was a great walk …helped along by waking up to a cloudless sky and brilliant sunshine. I headed out and down through the village of Dunvegan to a place I had spotted the day before, which I…

If the previous day, Mikey and I were a little underwhelmed by Skye, then Day 5 totally changed our minds. Touring around in just one van with our good friends, we had a lovely day, discovering small hills and giant mountains, experiencing yet more awesome food …and there was the curious case of the missing waterfall too! I was up early again and set off for an early morning walk leaving the rest snoring as usual (I can only vouch for Mikey’s snoring, not Pete and Fi’s)! – This morning I headed uphill past the campsite and away from the village. To be honest, it was quite an uneventful walk,…

Another suitcase in another town… After a day of travelling and fantastic, if at times a little barren, scenery we arrived at Kinloch Campsite in Dunvegan on Skye. Sitting at the head of Loch Dunvegan it has simply stunning views out across the lock (Is this getting repetitive yet? …of course not!) – Oh and we went out to eat that evening, but more of that later! To say I was reluctant to leave this morning is an understatement, it’s only the need to pay homage to Fi’s brilliant itinerary that drove us forward. That and the knowledge that having had this taster we know we’ll be back. Today, before…