We paid a return visit to the cottage on the Island of Skye where we went for our honeymoon 48 years ago! The weather had been wet and we were thrilled when the clouds rolled away and the sun came out.
Here is the old photo taken July 1964! There was no kitchen and the toilet was in the outbuildings 50 feet away (the one with the roof!)
To get to this idyllic spot you have to travel 7 miles from the main road on Skye on a seriously narrow one that twists and climbs before it finally descends into the small Community of Kylerhea.
Our cottage was called"half of one" being the dividing up of the property between 2 sons. Look at the transformation!
Hmmm Not much done here!
"Half of One" is the cottage nearest the water's edge.
We picked up our friend Margo who was making a short stay with her son and family who live in one of the Kylerhea cottages, to bring her back to Edinburgh with us.
Margo, well-informed as she is in local lore, told us that when there was a funeral, the custom was for the cortege coming from Kylrhea to stop by this big stone and and rest after the climb and then make the descent to Broadford.
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