Harris

Hi all!

We've spent most of today on transport so there isn't too much to report, but we did make a few stops along the way. 

First of all we stopped at a monument for those who lost their land in 1887 when a lot of Scotland was turned into deer hunting areas. People just had their land snatched off of them!!

We stopped at a few lovely viewpoints but unfortunately luck wasn't on our side weather wise today. It tipped down for most of the day and was extremely cloudy and foggy. Never mind!!

We stopped at Lascantire beach, which has been voted as best beach in UK. I'm sure on a sunny day the sand looks really white and the water really blue, but today we got saturated and it was so windy I thought I would fall over!! Went for a bit of a walk and enjoyed it as best we could. 

We also stopped at St Clements church, built in 1520 by Alasdair Macleod of the Macleod clan who is buried inside. It fell into disrepair in 1560 during the Scottish reformation and was renovated. It was really pretty!!

Then we got the ferry over to the isle of Skye. Didn't feel sick this time - yay! Tonight we are staying in Portree, the capital of the isle of Skye. It's the largest island in the inner Hebrides. No history about it today as we are just staying here en route to the mainland, we come back next week to explore. 

Out for dinner tonight and perhaps getting up at 5 to watch the pies play, haven't decided yet!!

Love to all

Claire

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