In the middle of the night the wind was raging and it was lashing down with rain; by morning, contrary to expectations, it was dry and calm. Thank goodness. I had decided to visit the Point of Sleat; yesterday was the most western point on Skye and today it’s the most southern, there’s a pattern…
Didn’t it rain Yeah, yeah Lord Didn’t it rain …. Actually first things first; too late for last night’s blog but in the evening it rained, the sun was still shining, and this happened. But back to today. First thing wasn’t too bad although there had been rain and wind overnight. People were up and…
I was not surprised to wake up in the night to hear the wind roaring outside and rain rattling on the windows, so I rolled over and went back to sleep. By morning nothing much had changed which justified a lie in, at least it did to me. The wet and horrible morning provided an…
I’m no longer of an inclination to drive from Bath to Skye in one go, so I’d booked myself an overnight stay in Glasgow to break the journey. This meant that Friday was spent on an uneventful motorway drive of a little over six hours. The most exciting thing that happened was a rainstorm of…
There had been some confusion; our flight out of Kochi was to be at 09h40 and we had been told that we would be collected at 00h30. By my calculation that would leave us sitting at the airport for seven hours and that wasn’t about to happen. Then I was told that the flight was…
And so to the final day of our holiday, always difficult knowing how to fill it. Over breakfast we discussed the options and realised that we hadn’t been off the compound so decided not take a wall and have a look at the local village. The first thing we found was a little shop selling…
Oh my word, we wake to another day of heat and humidity, so better make the best of it. Since you ask my shoulders are a little better but not much; I must take extra care not to over do things. The breakfasts here are really rather good with plenty of choice from the international…
A couple of unusual things happened today. The first is that I went for a swim; I don’t swim much these days as my orthopaedic surgeon suggested that it probably wasn’t the ideal exercise for a replacement knee and I’m not about to argue with him. The sea here looks wonderful but the beach shelves…
To be honest, it wasn’t a good night. By the time I went to bed I was feeling really rough as a consequence of the heat added to which I had started a touch of ” Traveller’s Tummy ” in Cochin. With the need to rehydrate and the result of that I was in and…
How nice, a bit of a lie in. After a delicious breakfast we were collected and driven about an hour and a half from Kochi to the jetty at Alleppey to board a houseboat for a cruise and overnight stay. Houseboat cruising has become a big tourist attraction in the area where there is a…
The Sixwheeler Chronicles 