Twixt Pier and Distlillery

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Andrew and Hilary Clark
Sun 5 Jul 2009 22:28
57:18.28N 06:21.3W
 
 
Tonight we are anchored in Loch Harport, by the Talisker Distillery, with the Black Cuillin Mountains as a backdrop. Another very fine anchorage. Here, the directions in the pilot book put us back on more familiar territory! We are due to come back here with the Classic malts Cruise in 10 days time, but wanted to experience it first, and before it was overrun with boats. For crows, this spot is only some 20 miles from our last anchorage, but our course was dictated by the deeply indented nature of the Skye coastline, and we covered nearly 50 miles to get here. But it was worth the effort.
 
Ashore we had supper at 'The Old Inn', which serves as pub, restuarent, hotel and climber's hostel. The local creel caught langoustine make the skinny things the French serve look (and taste) very inferior. And they served a dangerously smooth beer from the Cuillin Brewery, which could be a major cause of shipwrecks! Just as well that the distillery was closed on a Sunday.