Hamish the Hairy Coo and the Isle of Skye
Jan 7th, 2007 by Oana
This shaggy, furry guy lives outside a touristy store in Kilmahog, central Scotland. You can buy him a bag of carrots and feed him – pretty nice life! We got to meet Hamish on the 3rd day of our Macbackpackers tour to the Isle of Skye.
We had a really great tour guide, Will. He made the long drive up to and back from Skye much more pleasant than it would otherwise have been. I loved that he played us traditional (The Corries, bagpipes, etc.) and more modern (Belle & Sebastian, Franz Ferdinand, KT Tunstall, etc.) Scottish music along the way. He also had tonnes of great stories, some more true than others of course. It was his last tour with Macbackpackers, as he’s moving to Highland Experience.
Unfortunately the weather was less than ideal, with rain and high winds and even sleet, interrupted occasionally by sunshine and rainbows. We went for at least one long-ish walk a day, which usually resulted in wet & cold feet for the rest of the day. It was worth it to see the great views though!
The only other disappointment was that there was no whisky distillery tour. I guess January is not high tourist season, and this tour was a budget one – still, disappointing. Ali had his own whisky experience though, and was still drunk the next morning!
Lots more photos here.
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