Anniversary on Skye

Message at 10pm last night cancelled our wildlife boat trip - too rough. Disappointing. Wrote and then swapped wedding anniversary cards - much love and joy.  Drove to Dunvegan Castle, the home of Macleods for 800 years.

They do seal trips which would have sufficed to get us on the water, but cancelled today. Aargh. Mind you the boat is small.

Did the castle which was lovely and homely but hugely crowded. Coach tours and cruise ships!

Did the gardens which were great.

Ate our sandwich on a sheltered bench with a splendid view.

A Robin tried to snatch a piece of stroop from my fingers, the cheeky bird. He perched on my knee and demanded his tithe for sitting in his garden. I held a small crumb and he took it in a flurry of wingbeats.

We've been having trouble finding a place for our WA dinner. Most places are in Portree and are closed, or no reservations, or ridiculous tasting menus. We checked out a place near the castle but it turned out to be part of a garage - very unsalubrious. We took a single track road across the middle of Skye and that turned out to be another 'drive of the trip'. Portree is quite big - we checked out the dinner options and then noticed 2 hr wildlife cruises - booked for 10am tomorrow, fingers crossed. Looks calm tonight.

The Portree campsite is great, although as with others recently they don't obey the 6m firebreak rule. A lot of tents here and young people, perhaps because the washing machines are free! Great view from the pitch. Motored back into town to find a queue outside our favoured restaurant and no room in others. Aargh. A hotel offered a table in an hour so we settled into the bar.