Day 39: Fort William

I'm pretty tired after a day of traveling.

We didn't really travel that far, really.

We left Portree a bit before 9am and headed off to Fort William.

We stopped by the Eilean Donan Castle as our only bathroom break (and then an unplanned stop somewhere else, after some car sickness took place).

When we got to our hotel in Fort William, we had to store our luggage for a few hours before our rooms could be made available.

I changed into warmer pants and shoes than I wore on the bus and then walked with our group about a mile into town in a very windy and cold rain.

McDonald's was a pretty good reward for that walk, and then we stopped into a few stores on our way back to the hotel, where we settled in for a few hours of homework before and after dinner.


Not excited for a 7:30am breakfast,
The Purple Writer 

Day 38: Free Day in Skye

Today was a pretty chill day in the Isle of Skye.

We woke up for breakfast and then went back to our rooms for sleep, homework and TV (while our professors went on an impressive hike).

A couple of us then went to do laundry before lunch.

After lunch we did some shopping and then more TV and more homework.

I watched the last three episodes of this season of Game of Thrones, and it was pretty fantastic.

Because I don't have much to say about this day, enjoy this picture of a sheep next to the Tulm Bay on the Isle of Skye:

Thinking I should have done more to write about, 

The Purple Writer

Day 37: Fairy Pools

We visited the Fairy Pools today.

We walked alongside some pretty waterfalls and pools of water, which were fun to photograph and practice long exposure on. 

The path alongside involved a lot of rock hopping and a little slippy-sliding.

It wasn't bad until we started heading back, though, and the mist turned into full-on, freezing rain. 

That was exciting.

We were pretty ready to call it a day, and our trip to Neist Point was cancelled, but we still went by the Dunvegan Castle.

I went into every room of the castle, got this picture of a boat, a cannon and a flower. and then headed back to the gift store where I bought a nice, dry sweatshirt and hot cocoa.

 











Ready for this rain to end,
The Purple Writer

Day 36: Old Man of Storr

Just look at that view.

We hiked up to see the Old Man of Storr today.

Some of our group members actually hiked all the way up to the old man, but others of us didn't quite make it that far.

After coming back down from that hike, we ate lunch in the coach as we drove over to the ruins of Castle Duntulm.

We weren't actually able to walk in the ruins of the castle, and it wasn't a whole lot to look at, but apparently it's haunted, which is always fun. The little area by the castle had lots of sheep and some cool rock/water formations/gatherings that were fun to jump across and photograph.

We headed back to our bed and breakfast kind've early in the afternoon, so several of us went out to look at craft, jewelry and book stores, which was fun.

Wishing I had worn sunscreen today,

The Purple Writer