Along Loch Duich and Loch Alsh

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Thursday

The western shores of Loch Duich offer a view across to Dornie and Eilean Donan castle. Where the land curves eastwards at Totaig, we stood to watch a school of porpoises heading into Loch Duich from Loch Alsh.

As the path climbed, we stopped to taste blackberries and tiny, sweet wild raspberries. On a hill overlooking the two lochs, surrounded by bracken, is a broch. This dry stone fortification is reputed to have stood here for two thousand years, built as a defence against marauders.

Friday

After a walk to a ruined castle at the entrance to Loch Eishort on Skye, we took afternoon tea in the lounge of Kinloch Lodge hotel. It's owned by Claire Macdonald, the cookery writer, and has a small shop selling, among other things, her books.

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