Hi Phil,
That was quite an adventure you had! My first trip to Skye was with my parents in 1970 when I was 11. We went by train having reserved tickets, but getting on at Dumbarton Central, the first stop after Glasgow meant that the train was already full, people were sitting in our seats and refused to move, even when we got the guard. So we had to stand all the way to Mallaig, and my dad was disabled, it must have been agony for him. My main memory from that first visit to Skye was the many burnt out car wrecks which seemed to be on so many of the sharp corners of those very rural roads. I was told that it was expensive to take your car over on the ferry to the mainland scrapyard, so people just dumped them and set them alight! We were there a few years ago and it’s so easy to just go over the bridge, but maybe not as exciting. A few years ago we just missed being on that ferry which ran aground on the island of Stroma on our way back from Orkney! I hope that you manage to make a nicely flavoured table cream from that recipe, I haven’t done it myself for quite a while now. I wish I had got a job working for BR, even if I was only pushing a tea trolley! Thanks for dropping by and taking the time to comment.
Katrina