Having picked up a pilot about midnight to guide us during the night through Norway's longest fjord we woke up to the ship in port at Flam at the very tip of a side arm to the main fjord. It was a cute little town of only 450 people with sheer cliffs rising each side of the calm waters of the fjord. The main attraction here was the Flamsbana railway which is the steepest non rack railway in the world. The tours from the boat were quite pricey so we decided to jus...

Being an 'At sea' day we had a chance to sleep in and took it! Besides a coffee we held out until nearly 1pm & headed to the restaurant for a 3 course lunch- despite most only being little serves for each course the mains were still quite substantial (we both had the cottage pie so I avoided the chips & half the potato). After lunch Les Miserables was showing in the cinema which I had been wanting to see so I went to see Hugh Jackman at his finest. It was...

We had an 8am train to Newcastle to catch so it was up early & down to get our money's worth at breakfast, then to the station & off we went. It was only 1 hr 20 to Newcastle so we were soon there, but only to find they didn't have any luggage storage at the station so we dragged our bags up to the tourist info where they said there might be some at the bus station, which there were but we had already paid when we found out they were too small for our bag...

After another hearty breakfast- this time muesli with yogurt then potato scones with sautéed mushrooms- we were picked up for our final day of the tour. First stop was a small stream on the Isle where our guide told us the story of the two warring clans (McDonald's & McLeod's) marrying their children to stop the fighting & how the wedding went wrong but was saved by Elfin & the magical powers of the stream. Our final stop before leaving Skye was the ...

Not being picked up until nearly 10am we managed a wee sleep in before a very hearty breakfast at the B&B- full cooked Scottish breakfast of course. We had quite a few more frequent stops today, the first being Fairy falls where if you take a mouthful of water from the top of the falls & spit it on a rock at the bottom your wish will come true- granted by the Fairies that inhabit the island naturally. Next stop, more water at Lealt falls where we walked o...