Sadly today is our last day on Skye. We are due to drive to Inverness tonight, where we will spend the night before jetting down to London tomorrow. The good news was that when we woke up this morning, the midge bites had disappeared, but the bad news was that we had to pack up and say good by to Bill and Charlotte and
Ben Tianavaig B&B. Our stay here has been fantasic, and after our yummy breakfast we packed up our bags, signed the guest book, turned in our keys and said good-bye to Bill and Charlotte.
Our last stop on Skye was the Talisker Whisky Distillery. After our trip to the Scotch Whisky Experience, Ray has expressed interest in visiting a distillery. Turns outs it was a short drive from Portree so we headed to the South West of the island for a mid-day Distillery tour and tasting!
Fortunately, we had some lovely scenery on our way off the island.
Just off the island we made a quick stop at
Eilean Donan Castle, the most photographed castle in Scotland. Not too shabby, huh?
Inverness is on the Ness River, which feeds out the North of the famous Loch Ness. We drove up the West side of the Loch and even made a quick stop in Drmnadrochit to go to what I thought was the
Loch Ness Centre and Exhibition, which I had seen online and thought might be fun to check out. Due to some similar naming and a bit of confusing signage, Ray and I ended up at the
Loch Ness Monster Exhibition Centre, which as it turns out, is not quite the same thing. Let's just say we got to see an interesting film on the history of the monster and read some great facts, but when we left, we kind of felt like we needed a shower...
But Ray did make a new friend...
After that we were on to Inverness and the
Lynver Guest House.
We checked in to our HUGE room and took the short walk to downtown and grabbed some grub. Inverness has a lovely castle, but it's not open to the public, as it is still in use for public offices. Tomorrow we are off to London!