Tuesday, June 6, 2000
The Plan:
Visit
Laundry
Loch Ness
Reality:
My 23rd anniversary as a licensed driver.
rain with a breeze
0700 wake up
0800 toast, fried egg, sausage, bacon, tea
0845 walk to internet cafe that our host told us about
0905 check email
0930 walk to visitor centre
1000 walk to train station
fyi: train to Kyle of Lochalsh at 1045
1005 walk to bus station
fyi: bus to Kyle of Lochalsh at 1015
1007 buy bus tickets to Kyle of Lochalsh
1015 begin bus ride to Kyle of Lochalsh
1025 figure out that we could get off one stop early and visit
Castle Eilean Donan
1205 get off one stop early and visit Castle Eilean Donan
1230 visit gift shop
1235 visit cafe: lilt, croissant
1250 walk to nearest town; Dornie
1320 not much happening here, walk back to Castle's visitor centre
1347 no taxis have come by, visitor centre's cashier calls one
for us
1420 taxi arrives, ride towards Kyle of Lochalsh
1430 ask driver if he has another
fare, he says "No".
ask driver
if he'd like to drive us around
Skye. "Sure"
1440 See Loch Duich
1630 return from Skye £63.00, board waiting train.
1950 pick up laundry £8.30
2000 leave laundry in room
2005 sun came out
2010 Dickens Restaurant: see Aug 16 1999
2100 atm
2110 try to call Dad
2120 room
2145 sunset
2310 sky still blue
