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...

This morning we were off on a 3 day tour of Scotland. We only had to drag our bags a block up the royal mile to the tour office where there was a line out the door of people checking in- the haggis backpacker tours also left from here. Despite the hoards of people we boarded our 29 seated bus on time & were introduced to our guide Dave who wasn't wearing a kilt but did have a big ginger beard & long hair. We headed out of Edinburgh past the red industrial...