Day: May 4, 2026

This morning after going back to the Coffee Bothy for breakfast we left the Isle of Skye and headed south.

The Eilean Dolan Castle location was first occupied in the 6th century. The current castle was rebuilt and opened in 1932. We didn’t go inside but we enjoyed walking along the shore in front.

We are staying at the Isles of Glencoe Hotel. When we got to our room it was very cold. We asked a housekeeping lady how to turn on the heat. She said to call the front desk. It turns out that the front desk controls the heat in all the rooms. They turned ours up to 19c. When we got back from playing cards the heat was still off. We called again and they turned it up to 22c. When that didn’t work they sent someone up to the room who determined that the heat didn’t work! Eventually a space heater was delivered. Now we are quite comfortable.

On Sunday we spent the day exploring a bit of the Isle of Skye. For breakfast we went back to The Coffee Bothy. It’s a wonderful small coffee shop with great bakery goods. The owners are so friendly as is the resident dog. Even though we are spending less than 48 hours on Skye we are becoming regulars.

After breakfast we drove a loop on the Sleat peninsula in Southern Skye.

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