Today we made our way to Dunvegan Castle and Gardens for the morning.
The castle is the seat of the Clan McLeod and is the oldest
continuously inhabited a Castle in Scotland having been the home of the
McLeod Chiefs for 800 years! We could only explore part of the castle
obviously, but we spent a lot of time in the gardens before having a
toastie and panini for lunch with the cheeky Chaffinches outside at the
cafe who were very interested in what we were eating! I was felling very sluggish today, possibly an after-effect of all the walking we did the day before. I really didn't want to move around much so we took our time strolling around here.
Afterwards,
we went to Neist Point Lighthouse which has apparently been turned into
a holiday let. Even though that sounds quite fun, the steepness of the
steps and path down to it are a killer on the legs when coming back
up.....as I had zero energy, it took me quite a long time to get back up again.....! Not quite sure if the cableway is still used to take supplies
down there - it must do - but I wouldn't want to walk up there every
day. There must be a car par around the other side, surely?
We
headed on to check in to Kilmuir Park B&B. The lady running it was lovely, and showed us to our room which was really spacious, bright and comfortable. I saw pancakes were on the menu for Breakfast...well I couldn't resist those now, could I?
We went out to find
dinner and when we found a place to eat called 'The Old Schoolhouse' we
booked a table, although the earliest they could fit us in was 9pm.
Fair enough - the food looked good and the ambiance was really nice so
we booked it - I had a delicious dish of beef shin whilst Mathew had a
nice looking beef dish with gravy.
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