Skye

We just got back from a really nice road trip to Skye. Our friend John Davis drove up from England and stayed with us for a night and then we headed north and stayed at a hostel in Portree for three nights. Christian met John in Stockholm and he was there for the reunion that we attended earlier in the summer.

We took a lot of pictures, and if you'd like to see more head here.

John's trusty vehicle.

Christian took this one at one of our rest stops. This is Loch Lomond.

Approaching Glencoe. The soundtrack was Iron and Wine... I was partial to Bon Iver too.

Inevitable texting.

Here's what I was looking at.

We went past this castle on our way to the bridge to Skye.

This is Portree, not far from our hostel (which I forgot to take a picture of).

John drove us all around Skye on these crazy single-track roads. Sheep beware.

Christian standing way too close to the edge at one of our stops. This is Cuith-Raing.

This is me at the same spot.

Same place again with John.

Sorry, one more. I really liked it here. It would've been nice to go for a hike, but there wasn't time... we were on our way to the ferry from Uig to Tarbert.

It was sunny and beautiful all day, so we sat on the ferry to Tarbert and soaked it in.

We didn't get off though.

Just setting off on the boat.

As we approached Tarbert the band started to play.

This was the view as they played.

Little houses were perched all along the rocks.

The ride back.

The next day we went on a distillery tour. Christian bought a nice bottle of the distiller's edition. No pictures inside though unfortunately.

This is the view from a pub nearby where we had lunch. Excellent fresh food.

Christian at a nice beach we stopped at.

Me. Same beach.

John. Same beach.

John and Christian glued to the Newcastle game at a pub in Portree. We had some great nights out there too. One evening we stayed at a pub until closing and an old local fisherman started singing and playing guitar. John gave us a nice rendition of "hit me baby one more time" as well.

Overall, it was an amazing trip... beautiful scenery and excellent company. Thanks guys!