I'm
writing this blog after having been here for four days and driven
over 100 miles (which is the equivalent of 500 miles anywhere else,
those single track roads are killer) and I have to say that the
tourists are crappy drivers and don't know how to park and I would
kill them if I lived here.
- They drive 35 in a 60 speed zone on the highway and don't know enough to pull over and let you go by,
- Don't know enough to look ahead up the road, when it's a single track road, and plan to pull into the passing place so someone can get by you without a head-on collision,
- Can't park correctly so that they always take up three or four spots by parking sideways to the curb/grass/stones instead of parking nose in,
- But the worst is when they park in a “passing place” spot to take pictures and then traffic either backs up or someone gets in an accident.
But now, here are some pictures I missed from Monday of the Island Life Museum, it was closed but we took some pictures of the "black houses".
The
next day, Tuesday, Ian drove us around some more, mainly to do a little
shopping and some sightseeing. First up was the Post Office where Ian
needed to post a package and where I bought some wood postcards/toys
for the grandsons. Then we went on a quest to find t-shirts for the
grandsons from the Isle of Skye. We
stopped at a yarn shop where I bought two skeins of alpaca/silk yarn
and the coffee shop next door had t-shirts and other touristy stuff
so I managed to get shirts for my grandsons, something I try to do
where ever we travel to. Then we went to Skye Skins where they have
very cushy sheep skin rugs and other types of animal skins. Plus they
had the best pair of boots and they had my size! We had lunch at the
yurt shop that is part of Skye Skins and then back in the car for a
ride to Waternish and the Trumpan Church.
Coming
back from there we stopped at the jetty on Stein where we all had a
very interesting conversation with a fisherman who was separating his
catch of crabs and lobsters by size. He sells to the local
restaurants of course, but he also sells to suppliers who then ship
his catch as far away as Spain! If you are eating lobsters or crabs
in Spain they most likely came from Scotland.
Ian
is a wonderful impromptu tour guide and knows so much of the island
history and culture, it was great fun driving around with him. I got
to drive back from Stein because I needed the practice. It was very
nerve racking and I drove very slowly
but Ian is a good teacher and I feel I'll be able to drive us to the
Tallisker Distillery
tomorrow.
We
had a night in with Ian and Jacqui, playing Scrabble (Jacqui won) and
drinking cocktails and eating a wonderful curry that they made.