I was packed away in plenty of time for the 7:30am ferry. I was first on and headed straight for the restaurant for breakfast. It was great to see the Scottish breakfast on the Stornoway ferry is also available on this. Better still they were serving straight away and I’d got by breakfast before we set sail. The crossing was uneventful and I arrived back in Uig on Skye to find my car as I had left it. The weather was miserable but instead of driving straight home I wanted to check out the grave of Flora Macdonald. I drove along the narrow road to the Clachan on the north side of Skye to search out the grave. It was pouring with rain as I walked through the small graveyard. The monument was erected 90 years after her death in 1790. I though it was way too big.

Breakfast of the ferry

memorial to Flora Macdonald

memorial to Flora Macdonald

the NE side of Skye in the rain

I continued along the narrow road being held up by slow and lumbering camper vans. I was relieved to reach Portree where the road improved and I could drive at a reasonable speed all the way home. The rain continued till about 10 miles south of Glasgow. Then I had a sunny drive for the rest of the way.