Isle of Skye - Day 10
We dragged ourselves out of bed at about 8.30am this morning, mainly because I thought we'd been in there long enough (about 10 hours). It wasn't raining but the mountains were half in cloud, so we still haven't seen what the mountain we went up yesterday looks like from a distance!
Our feet were still hurting and our calves had started hurting too, so a lazy day was in order. I was hoping to have lunch at a little restaurant I'd been to several years ago called Creelers. It's in Broadford, which was on our way, and is the same town as the shop with what we think is Skye's only supermarket - a decent sized Co-op. I assumed the restaurant wouldn't be open until midday at the earliest, so in order to kill some time I washed and dried some more clothes (no pants panics for us for the remainder of the trip), and by the time we'd got to Broadford it was gone 11. So far so good.
The Co-op was as good as a Co-op supermarket can be, and we stocked up on all the essentials we'd run out of (cake, wine, biscuits, chocolate, muffins), plus some other bits and bobs like milk and bread. When we pulled up outside Creelers it was 11.56, and the sign on the door said they opened at noon. So we sat outside, staring at the door for 4 minutes, and were in there as soon as they opened.
Last time I went to Creelers it was winter, I was freezing, and everywhere else was shut, except the post office, who told me to go there. It hadn't changed much and was just as good as before. If you go to Skye, it is well worth a visit.
The restaurant is a tiny little building, with about 10 tables. The walls are covered with certificates and awards for how good their food is, along with some photos of Skye scenery (none of yesterday's mountain though). Their speciality is seafood, and I was hoping they still did the seafood gumbo I had enjoyed last time. They did, and we both had that, despite the waitress' warnings about it being hot and we ought to taste it first. It was just the right hotness, and just as nice as last time. We declined puddings (having just bought scones), and despite not having rushed, were out of the door at 12.30!
We set off along the road to Elgol, which is at the end of a peninsula across the bay from the main chunk of the Cuillin hills. It was still dry and the clouds were high, and most of the mountains were visible. The first big view is of a very big and craggy looking mountain across Loch Slapin. It's not the first time I've been wowed by the view, and whilst Claire was taking photos, I consulted the map, and found that it was actually the other Munro I'd planned to (maybe) go up while we're here - Bla Bheinn.
We continued to the end of the road, took some more photos of the view from Elgol, Claire got her ear nibbled by a very friendly and enthusiastic puppy, and then we found somewhere to park up and relax for a bit with tea and scones and Kindles.
I had a nap and woke up with a crick in my neck, but Claire said it had been too noisy to sleep.
We've stopped for the night in a car park at the foot of Bla Bheinn. There is one other camper van here, and gangs of midges, which have spent most of the evening lurking outside George, waiting for some fresh meat to emerge.
We're going to get a fairly early night, as Claire is tired out (no nap), and she needs to be fully rested ready for the mountain tomorrow if the weather behaves.
And I need to be up early to open my birthday presents!
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