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Enjoying the fabulous weather at the moment, max’ed at 26 degrees yesterday. Walked up from the back of our cottage (on the left in the photo) onto a hill twice, once for breakfast… …and once for supper, to watch the sun go down.
Enjoying the fabulous weather at the moment, max’ed at 26 degrees yesterday. Walked up from the back of our cottage (on the left in the photo) onto a hill twice, once for breakfast… …and once for supper, to watch the sun go down.
Our two-person sauna was connected today, completing the installation in the main bathroom. It’s an infra-red one, resulting in a penetrating heat at a more pleasant temperature of 43 – 66°C, thus providing more health benefits and a far more enjoyable, relaxing and comfortable experience. Benefits of infra-red saunas are believed to be an improved skin … More Sauna installed!
Our favourite cafe, Single Track, has opened today for the season. It is just a walk up the road and well worth the stroll. We predictably ventured up for our lunch, fab soup, cakes, coffee and tea as per usual – all served up by the lovely, welcoming ladies who freely give out advice to … More Our favourite cafe opens for the season!
Yesterday afternoon our local golden eagle came back and sat on the hill behind us for quite some time again, so I took a photo with my phone through our spotting scope.
Forget the overpaid footballers, this is what a real super sub looks like. It glided passed yesterday.
The cows returned on Thursday, with some welcome additions. There are lots of calves now playing in the field.
Just returned to Skye after a family break, welcomed back by valued friends and lovely, settled weather – clear blue skies and bright sunshine. Beautiful moonlit nights too, with darkness down to just a few hours now and reducing. We see lots of different shipping pass by. We missed the submarine but saw the Caribbean … More Returned to Skye
You can still come across to Skye by ferry but you don’t need sea legs for the bridge. It gives fabulous vistas too.
Our neighbours increase in number around this time of year…