Isles of Harris, Lewis, Skye

It's sunny! That's because we're leaving the Hebrides today!
Checked out of our B&B and went shopping in the little shops around the town center. We spent most of our time in the Harris Tweed shop we found. This place was so cool. The Isle of Harris is famous for it's tweed and you see it sold everywhere throughout Harris and Lewis. However, there was an actual weaver (don't know what the proper term is) and his shop was stacked high with scarves, sweaters, bags, jackets, etc. It was very neat. Once we were finished it was back in the car. Can we stop driving yet???

This place actually does look a lot nicer when the sun shines. Some parts are quite beautiful. We arrived in Tarbert where we catch the ferry with a few hours to spare. We visited a local gallery in the photographers house and bought a few of his framed photos. Then we visited every shop we saw, as there was more than enough time. Beside the terminal there was a small pub so we dropped in there for lunch. We had an excellent lunch and of course some beer and cider! You can see that our vacation didn't have a day without beer and cider. Haha. It's time to leave the Hebrides. Yay! I am so anxious to be off these islands. Disappointing to say that because they were going to be the highlight of the trip, but I have had my fill of remote life.

The ferry took about an hour and a half to the Isle of Skye where we arrived in Uig. We drove another hour to our B&B, Seaview Guest House in Broadford and arrived around 7pm. I love this village! It's on the ocean and it just has a welcoming feeling to it. Our hosts were fantastic. Also very welcoming and friendly. One of my relatives actually visited Broadford with his wife in the spring and highly recommended visiting the area. Excellent recommendation.

After the drive we were starving and decided to go to the Broadford Inn which was recommended by our hosts. The food and atmosphere was excellent. While there we learned that the Broadford Inn is the home of Drambuie! We were wondering why there was a Drambuie menu on the table and it was added to several of the meals. I figured I had to try one of the Drambuie martinis and it was so good. I was tipsy after that one. Before leaving I popped one of the Drambuie drink menus in my bag as a little souvenir - and of course to make that martini at home.

This is my summary of the Isles:

Barra, Eriskay, and South Uist are mountainous and scattered with a lot of rock and trees.

North Uist is much greener, more trees. softer, and has a warmer feeling.

Harris is basically a rock field. Mostly mountains with no trees and a ton of rock. Lots of sheep and peat and very cold looking.

Lewis is the warmest looking of the isles with trees, farms, beautiful mountains with lochs. This could be because it was sunny as yesterday it looked much more drab like the other isles. The sunshine definitely makes a huge difference.