gardening in The Skye

This is on the way up from Tyndrum, going up to Rannoch Moor...after catching the 7.15 bus from our village and changing in Glasgow with twenty minutes to spare, we waited in Tyndrum for over an hour until the snow ploughs had worked enough and the police opened the snow gates.    The traffic was mainly lorries and those having trouble were those travelling unloaded.

The Pirate was glad of his "Movember" and "Decembeard" keeping his face warm!!

On the way down to Glencoe, after several stops....

We eventually arrived at the Kyle of Lochailsh, not at 4.15 pm, but at 9.30pm!!

Early next morning.........

and in the afternoon we set to!

The Red Cuillin

Across to Scalpay and Raasay

The second day, despite the sleet and wind....it was enjoyable working well together, and the job was done.   Brambles cleared.

On our day off we had a lift to Broadford.
We saw the view....

and then we didn't !

We had a good walk back along the path and roads near the coast, about 5k. We had the wind behind us,fortunately, as three squalls of light hail followed us home!

We had booked to catch the bus again in Kyle, just in case the Skye Bridge had been closed to high sided vehicles. The morning came frosty but clear,and we were heading back...

The journey back was....eventful....

luckily the bus dropped off a hill walker just after Glencoe...and near Spean Bridge we arrived just after a car had aquaplaned, hit a bank and flipped over!
Driver and dog OK, car definitely not!.....Moral....watch your speed and the state of your tyres!!
Then going along by Loch Lomond on a new straight stretch of road the bus arrived as the police and fire engine were clearing up after a car had spun into the road edge...not much left of the front,but driver fine.   No-one else involved....

The bus change in Glasgow was seamless....off one, walk a hundred yards, and join the queue for the bus to Ayr.   In Ayr we had half an hour, time to buy supplies of paper for printing.

Back to the village to pickup the car, time to give it a short run to refuel and charge the battery before going out to the Ayr Roads Cycling Club's annual dinner and prize presentation.....it's all go some days!!