Portree Harbour

Portree was beautiful today, bright sunshine and lots of visitors enjoying the village and the views. I wondered if they thought that the summer weather was always this good in the Hebrides!
In gaelic, Port-an-Righ, King's Port, named after James V who sailed into the harbour in 1540. I learned today that the Royal Hotel in Portree, where the Health Board have lodged me on occasion, was the place where Flora MacDonald saw Bonnie Prince Charlie safely onto a boat for the Outer Hebrides in 1746. It was MacNab's Inn in those days but still does good porage and poached haddock.
If you look on www.bbc.co.uk/highlandsandislands there are some lovely pictures of the island, a bit heavy on the bridge but some spectacular coastline too.