Farewell to the highlands

In the morning we have breakfast with Duncan and Polly in their house on Skye. We have a long drive ahead and leave around noon. It’s gonna go all the way from the Isle of Skye to a small village north of Glasgow. The highlands look beautiful today and I feel a bit sad to leave and say farewell. I could have spend another week here just exploring and maybe do some hiking especially on Skye. We stop whenever we can to get at least some pictures. At some point we drive along Glen Coe, a famous pass road.


There is a story of two clans that met there to figure out their differences. At night one of the clans got up and slaughtered the other. That was unheard of at the time. I’m thinking about this and feel a bit creepy while driving along. Than it opens up and the landscape reminds me of Nevada. It’s amazing how fast everything changes here. Half an hour later we drive aside Loch Lomond in a lush green landscape. Though it’s very pretty we realize that we’re way late and that it took longer than expected. We’re supposed to meet Jamie’s brother David at the station in Balfron around 4pm. Now it’s 5pm and we’re still some ways away. Meanwhile it looks like England with lots of sheep on enclosed pastures. When we finally get there it turns out to be a little village somewhere in the Twilight Zone, at least that’s the way I see it. We find David somewhere along the main street. He’s overjoyed to see us. It’s his first time ever outside the states and he’s very excited to join us on our tour. We’re all starving and go to have some dinner in an Indian Place.
How they ended up here - nobody knows. With a full stomach we’re going to the concert hall which is still occupied by a group of girl scouts. Did I mention Twilight Zone? The PA is a guitar amp and two microphones so we decide to play acoustic and off stage. There are only about 20 people in the audience despite a huge article in the paper. It’s one of those shows that you forget as soon as the last note is played, not that we played bad, it’s more the whole atmosphere that is a little strange and almost unreal. Well, on a tour with many dates some gigs are just like that. Let’s see what the next day brings...