A warm out-of-season welcome, homemade curry for dinner and stirring views of Skye add up to a lovely B&B
The postcard-pretty whitewashed croft house, with grey-blue paintwork, dates from 1903 and is easy to spot, with its two colourful kangaroos outside. As I crunched up the drive, Alan, in bright Fair Isle jumper, greeted me with the welcome words: Dont worry. I can rustle up a chicken curry.
I had traipsed round Portree searching for dinner, only to be met by signs saying Closed for winter, and See you in March. An out-of-season trip to the Isle of Skye was starting to look like one of my less inspired ideas. It had been a magical drive, the sky a watery blue, snow dusting the mountaintops and the roads empty. You might go hungry, but road rage wont be an issue.
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