Day 290/1 Wed 1 – Thurs 2 Aug 2007 Spean Bridge to Kyleatin, Skye, Scotland

We spend the day in Fort William exploring Glen Nevis and taking a cruise on Loch Linnie where we see seals and porpoises before another delightful dinner of Scottish fare. Then after visiting some brochs or iron age dry stone cooling towers it's over the sea to Skye via the tiny Skye ferry and a boat trip on the Bella Jane from Elgol to the Cullins, with dinner in another railway station restaurant, this time without trains but with express service.

The boat trip is spectacular as the weather improves markedly with views to the Hebrides. There are lots of seals playing and basking on the rocks. We land at a remote bay and climb up to Loch Coruisk which hangs amid smoothed granite boulders just above the sea. The return journey is made at speed in an IRB surrounded by clouds of spray.