First week in July 1974. Inner Hebrides Tour
Friday Train from Crewe 23.15 to Inverness 08.15, woke at Kingussie 07.30, took a sleeper.
Saturday Inverness to Ballaculish;. porridge on Inverness station, tourist office, Halfords, Ness, Dores Forres Road, Fort Augustus, Loch Oich, Spean Bridge, Ballaculish
Sunday Ballaculish to Oban; rain on Appin peninsula, Onich.
Monday Oban to Uist; Oban Bay hotel £4.00 but good, 12.00 noon boat to Lochboisdale via Castlebay, good weather
Tuesday Uist to Uig (Skye); Benbecula and low lying land across the islands south to north to Lochmaddy
Wednesday Uig too Kyle; Linicro, good accommodation, Mrs Gillies, Trotternish, Old Man of Storr, Quirang, Portree, heavy rain to Broadford, Kyleakin
Thursday Kylakin to Inverness; White Cockade. Heavy rain in Skye made going on unpleasant so turned back for Kylakin.
Friday by train, Inverness, Aberdeen (2 hours), Edinburgh (Tattoo week but no money left , would loved to have seen it!) Glasgow, Stevenston.
Saturday Jimmy Winning put me up (Willie’s best man), stopped at Willie and Margaret’s tonight.
Sunday Stevenston back to Glasgow and train back to Crewe.