John and Julie visit

I understand I have known John since his birth (I would have been two at the time, so don't recall the event). My earliest memories of him would be at age 5 or so. But, we have remained in touch all our lives, and this week, John and his wife Julie have made the trip to Skye from their home in Essex to visit us. 

I know I should have a picture of the two of them, but for now, here's a couple of pics from An Corran, near Staffin, where we visited yesterday...

We went to try to find the 170 million year old fossilised dinosaur footprints... and we were successful... here is one of them...

Then we went on to  Bearreraig Bay. 

Making the most of the weather

Don't tell any potential visitors, but we have had some dismal weather on Skye for the last month or more. Some friends are blaming this on the fact that we are currently having the roof replaced at the Barn...

However, not every day has been wet and misty, so when the sky turned blue and the sun shone the other day, on went the boots, and I sampled a forest track that I haven't been down before.

Walking forest tracks, one sees an awful lot of trees, but they can still be very beautiful. And a photo can't portray the perfect peace that surrounds you as you walk.

This particular track leads to a short (but very boggy) climb to the unplanted summit of a hill which affords some unexpectedly far-reaching views. This is north east, to the Trotternish Ridge....

...and this is approximately due south, to the Cuillin.

Rainbow

Bright late afternoon sun and a heavy rain shower =

What's the weather like - update

No sooner do I post an item about the weather, than Skye reminds me that it can do some pretty spectacular sunsets too. This was last night, viewed from the front garden here at Roskhill...