The next morning, we had a late breakfast,
met the neighbours and were taken up to the spectacular views a few miles away
of the parallel roads of Glen Roy. Breathtaking! In a moment of insanity,
Jessie opted to run the 5k back to our host’s house – one of the most panoramic
of Scotland’s jogging trails! After a light lunch we piled on to a Megabus for
another spectacular journey to the Isle of Skye. Three hours later we emerged,
blinking in the bright sunlight in Portree. We set up in the Fingal Centre,
which was a lovely theatre…for lectures or plays. Unfortunately it was very dry
acoustically, so we endeavoured to make the best of a bad situation! Piano on
stage…piano off stage…standing on the floor…standing on the stage…a few hours
later and some stage shifting we settled back on stage, where we first started!
Thanks to the Fingal Centre’s Scott for his patience and stage shifting!
Despite running at quite a low energy ebb, we managed to find some spark for
our performance, which again was very warmly received! Another lovely post
concert supper and glass or two of wine later accompanied by Jack the dog and
our hosts Gill, Peter and Dominique we all fell into bed, ready for an early
morning adventure on the island! The next morning we were taken on a tour of a
local tannery called Skye Skyns, where we all came away with souvenirs - Charis winning the shopping
competition by bagging a beautiful sheep skin rug! We then went to Tigh na Drochaid
care centre, where we had great fun performing a Live Music Now concert,
alongside talented local piper Frieda McKiggan who is a recipient an award from
Awards For Young Musicians. There was dancing, singing and percussion playing
to beat the band!
A quick tourist trip around Portree and a
bag of chips later, we were back on a bus headed to Inverness. Sad not to see
the Loch Ness monster this time, as it was too dark and Jessie forgot her night
vision goggles…
No comments:
Post a Comment