Despite my best efforts to decamp and leave by 10am, it was around 11 am before I eventually got going. The hold up today wasn't due to the weather but people coming up and chatting, intrigued how I managed to pack it all away and how it fits on to the bike. The funny thing is everyone is a biker, I mean everyone. It may be true, to to be perfectly honest I was thinking, "well why didn't you come up and say hi before, I'm in a rush and I want to get going". Despite that I "made progress" even if some of the car drivers thought I was nuts at overtaking them, not that I heard any horns but after they backed off when I shot past. I was good though, I did stick to the posted speed limits and a National Limit sign means just that, not 35mph as some seem to think it does. Never the less, I did manage to stop for about 2 hours and visit a castle en-route.
Eilean Donan Castle, was busy and was in ruins until it restored in the early 1900's. Like most places I have been visiting, some are over £15 per person just to get in, okay I know the cost of living has gone up and the staff need paying, but I can hazard a guess these places are pulling in over £2k a day based upon the foot traffic I have seen and the costs to get in. I saw a lot of bikes parked when I arrived, mainly from Germany but some from the Neverlands, why would anyone want to visit the UK, it's beyond me.
The roads around here are pretty good, some nice twists and turns. Then you hit areas that are full of pot holes and both sunken and part raised drain covers, which makes it a lot harder on the bike to navigate in a bend, especially when it's piddling down. Then you get held up by those that have a license but can't seem to driver. However the scenery is amazing.
I arrived at Skye Caravaning and Camping Club site around 4pm, with the drizzle still coming down and the wind whipping up. My real estate for the next 2 nights was with a water front view, the only downside was the hike up to the toilet block, which in itself wasn't too bad until late evening when the sky opened up and it hammered it down, making any potential toilet dash, a soaking affair. yes I could have put all my bike gear on, and I would have been dry, but that's just to heavy, besides, if I had put on all my bike gear, I probably wouldn't have needed to go, as I would have already gone ;-)
I had new neighbours turn up, in a VW Transporter, who I thought was in a camper, I couldn't understand why they was sitting in the from of the Transporter until the rain let up a little, and then out from the back the chap rolled out a very new scooter, the image is below. They did make me chuckle a bit later as they are from Germany and had an audio book playing so they could learn English, I take my hat of to anyone who can speak more than one language, I can't I've tried and I'm just too self conscious of looking a twat, then again, not even trying, in my eyes makes you a twat lol. But what made me laugh was one phrase, and this'll probably stick with me until my dying day, when I heard it I thought to myself, "you'll never need that in this country". The phrase was "I really like the food here" - In the UK get a grip!!!
