Today was one of those days that couldn’t be improved upon. I just loved the whole thing! I drove down the one-track road B8083 from Broadford to Elgol at the tip of one of Scotland’s many peninsulas, stopping along the way at a chambered cairn and the Cill Chriosd graveyard. I was the only living soul wandering about either place. Um, why do burial sites give me such a feeling of silence, solitude and simplicity? It all comes together for me at those places where the veil is thin between heaven and earth.
But don’t worry that I’ll get too lost in my own world; driving on a one-track road is a social affair. The road is only wide enough for one car, but along each side are “lay-bys” where one car lays by while the other car continues on the road. There are all kinds of unwritten rules about who lays-by, who may have to back up, who goes by, etc., all of which are acquired intuitively the minute you enter a one-track road. I felt in solidarity with each driver I passed as I lifted my fingers off the steering wheel to wave. Very subtle, kind of like a wink, but that’s one of the rules. It took me a couple of times to master the wave, but once I did, Aye, I knew I was one of them
Oh, I enjoyed homemade soup and a sandwich at a shop along the way. I sat outside in the middle of one of the many most beautiful views in Scotland. In Elgol I found out about boat trips across the bay to Loch Coruisk at one of the feet of The Cullins. A trip for another day.
But don’t worry that I’ll get too lost in my own world; driving on a one-track road is a social affair. The road is only wide enough for one car, but along each side are “lay-bys” where one car lays by while the other car continues on the road. There are all kinds of unwritten rules about who lays-by, who may have to back up, who goes by, etc., all of which are acquired intuitively the minute you enter a one-track road. I felt in solidarity with each driver I passed as I lifted my fingers off the steering wheel to wave. Very subtle, kind of like a wink, but that’s one of the rules. It took me a couple of times to master the wave, but once I did, Aye, I knew I was one of them
Oh, I enjoyed homemade soup and a sandwich at a shop along the way. I sat outside in the middle of one of the many most beautiful views in Scotland. In Elgol I found out about boat trips across the bay to Loch Coruisk at one of the feet of The Cullins. A trip for another day.
