Paddle Away

After a good start last April and May my blog went quiet mainly due to facebook. To bring the blog up to date I thought it may be a good idea to show off a few of my escapades. The summer was actually very busy with lots of variety, although some of the activities may not appear particularly newsworthy to others so apologies for that At the end of May we decided to change our motorhome, the old one was getting on a bit and causing us a few headaches. Of course if you have a new toy you have to use it so we spent three weekends in a row at Newgale. We really love this place, it is not too far from home so very convenient for a weekend. The campsite is just over the road from the beach, just a shame it does not take dogs. There is a pub next door and Solva is just down the road where there are some great places to eat out. St Davids is a little further on up the road and is home to the famous Cathedral as well as Ma Simes's Surf Shack. You can probably guess which one I

Tuesday morning dawned and the two us had typical Applecross hangovers. We had a great night singing songs on the beach in front of the Applecross Inn with a large campfire blazing away. We wanted to go back around to Skye because the forecast for Wednesday was better than the rest of the week. A Scotsman once told me that the two best single malts are Highland Park and Talisker (thanks John)We both have a taste for Talisker so we decided to go on a tour of the distillery at Carbost. The tour was very interesting, the most amazing fact for me was that they produce 63000 litres of whisky a week. I make that equate to about 80,000 bottles! Talisker put the co ordinates of the distillery on their presentation boxes. Being an anorak with a new gps I tried to work out exactly where the reading was taken. I walked around the car park looking like lemon with a GPS for a few minutes and concluded that it was probably the Stills unless anyone knows different. We did try some Talisker '57 de

August 2007 and Trevor Mcdonald hosts an ITV show titled 'Britains Favourite View'. Sixteen sites explored over four programmes (4 per week) with the public voting on which one is best. Thankfully a natural view won, Wast Water in The Lake District, and Three Cliffs Bay just down the road from here came second. This gave the programme some degree of credibilty. I just do not get the views of London, Liverpool or Edinburgh. How can anyone in their right mind imagine that man can compete with Mother Nature. I had seen many of the views but not first up, the view from Elgol across Loch Scavaig to the entrance to Loch Coruisk and The Cuillins beyond. I suspect many of the voters have not seen this view either so the programme was flawed and here is why: We travelled to Elgol from the campsite at Sligachan. Campsites do not get anymore dramatic than this place. Its a haven for climbers and it is situated at the other end of the Cuillin Ridge from the destination of our intended pa