Duisdale & Toravaig Hotel, Skye
Skye, the largest of the Isles with a rugged and wild beauty complemented by its rich history. On arrival, we visit the ruins of Armadale Castle – once the stronghold of the most powerful clan in Scotland, Clan Donald. In the Museum of the Isles, situated in the grounds of Armadale Castle, we will uncover the history of the Highlands and Islands through the epic story of Clan Donald, from the Lords of the Isles, through the tumult of Jacobite risings, to the hardship of the highland clearances. We finish our day by checking into our unique and beautiful accommodation on Skye.
This is a commercial image of the famous ragged peaks of Skye. But I never got the see them.
We arrived in the afternoon after visiting Eilean Donan Castle where I bought a ham, cheese and egg sandwich. I was drawn in by the Orkney cheese.
My mistake. We were in the Museum of the Western Isles, a small and competent museum when I got abdominal pain, and soon after, you can guess.
I will say there was never nausea or vomiting.
It meant I missed the visit to Dunvegan Castle, awful blustery winds and the midges.
Instead I spent the day in the luxury of my hotel room which had the best bathroom of the tour!
And while I was close to my best friend, the toilet, I could get to work working out which death certificates I needed to obtain.
The party was split for the first time, due to the small size of hotels on Skye. I was given a room that was entered from outside the hotel. I can only assume that this was done to create the luxury bathroom.
One of these was easy to work out because it provided backlighting to the mirror.
I never found a use for it. Others suggested that it was a blue tooth connection, so one could have music in the bath??
It is unassuming, and it little prone to wetness in the rain. And the lock was quite hard to work out how to lock. The secret was like my double glazed doors, you need to yank it upwards.
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