11/05: Not the Day I Planned
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
This morning it was a little weird out ... a cloud seem to sitting over us. It was sort of fog like but not like the fog at home. As we headed out we drove out of the cloud into beautiful sun and it stayed that way all day and into the evening.
A view on the drive to the fairy pools.
A waterfall near the fairy pools. This is the first place on Scotland where we have seen tannin in the water making it look a little brown.
We drove to the fairy pools. he Fairy Pools are a natural waterfall phenomenon on the Allt Coir' a' Mhadaidh. The pools are a vivid aqua blue and are a popular place for wild swimmers who brave the frigid waters. The water would feel warm for people who do the polar plunge at home.
Do you see the flat water in the middle of the photo? That is a fairy pool.
Lots of waterfalls here.
Walking out of the fairy pools.
We were leaving the pools and starting to drive towards Talisker Bay when this pot hole jumped up and bit our tire. Did you know that rental cars do not have a spare tire on board (at least in Scotland)? We were literally in the middle of nowhere when our tire blew. All the maps referred to the road as unknown road and there was nothing but fields and the occasional sheep. Luckily we had cell phone service and we also had the app What3Words that gives you 3 unique words for your specific location. The person you give the words to can enter the words into the app and get a map pin pointing where you are. This allowed the tire repair truck to find us.
It was a really good bite.
Loading up the car to drive it to Portree to replace the tire.
On the ride back to Portree we saw clouds sitting on the hills. At times the entire top of the hill was obscured.
A view on the drive to the fairy pools.
A waterfall near the fairy pools. This is the first place on Scotland where we have seen tannin in the water making it look a little brown.
We drove to the fairy pools. he Fairy Pools are a natural waterfall phenomenon on the Allt Coir' a' Mhadaidh. The pools are a vivid aqua blue and are a popular place for wild swimmers who brave the frigid waters. The water would feel warm for people who do the polar plunge at home.
Do you see the flat water in the middle of the photo? That is a fairy pool.
Lots of waterfalls here.
Walking out of the fairy pools.
We were leaving the pools and starting to drive towards Talisker Bay when this pot hole jumped up and bit our tire. Did you know that rental cars do not have a spare tire on board (at least in Scotland)? We were literally in the middle of nowhere when our tire blew. All the maps referred to the road as unknown road and there was nothing but fields and the occasional sheep. Luckily we had cell phone service and we also had the app What3Words that gives you 3 unique words for your specific location. The person you give the words to can enter the words into the app and get a map pin pointing where you are. This allowed the tire repair truck to find us.
It was a really good bite.
Loading up the car to drive it to Portree to replace the tire.
On the ride back to Portree we saw clouds sitting on the hills. At times the entire top of the hill was obscured.