| Within two hours you can reach just about
| |
| | road?"
|
| everywhere if you stay in Glencoe,
| |
| | "Ok"
|
| Scotland. It is a remote and bautiful
| |
| | Single track road, with hardly any
|
| glen and you can get to the lovely misty
| |
| | passing places. If you meet a car coming
|
| Isle of Skye, to Loch Ness and the
| |
| | the other way the chances are that one of
|
| Monster country, to Edinburgh, to the
| |
| | you will have to reverse, but you'll
|
| West Coast and you can watch whales.
| |
| | exchange a wave.
|
| But don't try to do it all. That is a
| |
| | "Wonder where the old slipway is, we
|
| terrible mistake. You'll wear yourself
| |
| | found it before remember?"
|
| out. The beauty will rush past. You'll
| |
| | This is where the people, and cattle,
|
| meet no one interesting.
| |
| | used to cross in a big rowing boat ferry
|
| This is what most people do.
| |
| | 200 years ago when they travelled the
|
| You are 12th in line behind the caravan
| |
| | down the coast from North to South. Cuts
|
| at the front. A slow right hand bend
| |
| | off a days walk round the coast, and many
|
| comes up and you drift out to see if cars
| |
| | famous people in history have used it. It
|
| are coming, but you notice the car in
| |
| | is about a mile across and the Spring
|
| front has edged up to make it difficult
| |
| | tide flows strongly.
|
| for you to overtake.
| |
| | So we stopped to ask Charlie Moore who
|
| "Look at that castle over there, Dad,"
| |
| | was planting some larch trees in his
|
| "In a minute, son,"
| |
| | garden. We didn't kow him, but that does
|
| Then your concentration slips and
| |
| | not stop people from talking together
|
| disaster strikes. You took your eye off
| |
| | with strangers.
|
| the car behind and now he has whipped in
| |
| | The answer lasted for an hour as we
|
| front of you. The speedo tells you you
| |
| | swapped stories of the roe deer in his
|
| are doing no more than 45mph. You are
| |
| | garden, the old ferry, the new pier
|
| tired, irritable and bored. That's not a
| |
| | restaurant owners in the village, and the
|
| holiday.
| |
| | evening when he froze in his garden as an
|
| To-day Gillian and I toured Scotland the
| |
| | otter walked by his feet. The answer
|
| correct way. We started out as usual with
| |
| | included his early days in the Orkney
|
| little idea of where we were heading.
| |
| | Isles.
|
| "South?"
| |
| | His neighbours get some groceries for
|
| "Ok."
| |
| | him, but he walks three miles to the
|
| "Stalker Castle for soup and a roll?"
| |
| | nearest bus. Lovely man, didn't sound
|
| "Why not?"
| |
| | Scottish at all, but that's the Orcadians
|
| A ride along the edge of Loch Linnhe, on
| |
| | for you.
|
| a little road, with the mountains of
| |
| | Back to the cottage half an hour later
|
| Morven across the water. No traffic.
| |
| | taking in little Port Appin and its small
|
| Yesterday's cold front had passed over
| |
| | passenger ferry to Lismore on the way.
|
| leaving a cool, clear and sunny day. The
| |
| | Total distance travelled? About 25 miles.
|
| air was fresh and you could see for miles
| |
| | That's the way you tour Scotland
|
| down the Sound towards Mull.
| |
| | properly. You don't go past it in a car.
|
| "How about taking our little North Shian
| |
| | You go into it with the people.
|
