An awkward place to get ashore over slippery rocks. The place is a historian's delight, Carole in ecstatic mood as she did her best to enthuse us all. A narrow channel linking the loch to the sea, obviously modified by humans, allegedly by Vikings. Almost-convincing signs of where they hauled their boats out. A scramble up to a headland to the formidable remains of a stone fort with million-dollar views. A long clockwise walk round the loch, with signs of long-abandoned farming, and more obvious signs of recently abandoned junk. Lots of it. How did it get there? Those in the group with environmental consciences tidied some of it up. A truck load, but no truck. At the furthest point of our walk, past the old stone wall, a Neolithic chambered cairn you can actually enter. More enthusiasm from our historian. Glad we had gumboots on the walk back. Several generations of my ancestors lived on Skye; I wonder how they managed without gumboots.
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