A Winter Drive Through the Highlands

January 17, 2009 on 10:13 pm | In Uncategorized |

We drove off the ferry in Uig on to Skye just as the sun was coming up. The purr of the Jaguar’s engine pulling the car quickly and effortlessly over the island. The light dusting of snow on the Black Cullin as we hurled passed.

Over the beautiful curve of the Skye Bridge and on past Eilean Donan Castle. Etched from the battle scene in Highlander. Prompting poor Sean Connery impersonations.

Up Glen Sheil the outside temperature falling fast; minus 6, minus 8 and the turn to head over to Glen Garry, here minus 11.

As we crested the hill the vista burst upon us and we were forced to stop to marvel in the view.

As the journey headed down into Glen Garry we fell into the Scotch Mist and the world became white with haw frost on all the trees. Almost a the dam we were drawn to a halt as the sun burned through and it was like a scene from an Autherial painting.

Glen Coe was amazing, and the White Corries majestic but it willhas to be hard to beat the descent through the mist to see the ‘Lady of the Lake’.

Tim Pickering
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