One evening during our little trip to West Connecticut we ate dinner at The Village Restaurant in Litchfield. After dinner on West Street I discovered a charming little cobbled alley called Cobble Court. The day ended with a grand sunset.
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I found Thorncrest Farm using Google maps. They sell milk and chocolate: Gourmet Chocolates “The Magic is in our Milk” Thorncrest Farm. We bought both delights. The milk was full cream.
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A private house on the grounds.
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Ardvasar on Undiscovered Scotland has information about the little village on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Ardvasar is the main village on the southern Sleat Peninsula of Skye. The village is reached by a scenic single-track road through woodland and along the coast, with views across to Knoydart. Key features include the Ardvasar Food Store, Community Hall, historic Ardvasar Hotel, residential areas, and views over the Sound of Sleat. The road continues to Aird of Sleat, a viewpoint and walking destination.
That evening we dined at the Duisdale House and Hotel. It was expensive, and the food was awful. It was the only really bad meal that we had during our two weeks in Scotland.
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A Chill Mhor, the great cell, refers to the old church, now a ruin beside the present church, a large rectangular whitewashed building with lancet windows. Designed by John Mackenzie and built in 1876, its Victorian furnishings are complete. Notable monuments flank the pulpit, including one of 1768 to Sir James Macdonald. Close by is Sabhal M’r Ostaig, a steading of 1840 converted into a Gaelic college.
Sleat Parish Church (1876) is located here, with the ruins of the Old Parish Church behind (1631–1876). A former Minister, Rev. John Forbes (1818–63) was a noted Gaelic scholar who wrote a Gaelic grammar and investigated the deaths of three girls from the parish who were taken to the cotton mills of Manchester as forced-labor and published his findings in a book, Weeping in the Isles (1853). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilmore,_Skye
Kilmore, on the Sleat peninsula of the Isle of Skye, is a small hamlet and long-standing religious site known for Sleat Parish Church, earlier church ruins, and evidence of early Christian activity. Local tradition links the area to St Columba, while its churches reflect centuries of Highland religious history, clan conflict, and Clan Donald patronage. The present church, built in 1876, was restored after structural problems in the 1980s and remains an important part of the area’s cultural and ecclesiastical heritage. (source: https://grokipedia.com/page/kilmore_skye)
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I booked a few days at Caberfeidh – MacKenzie’s Bothy Holiday Let, Bedford, Isle of Skye, Scotland. It was a once-in-a-lifetime treat. There was a pair of grass armchairs outside. We could birdwatch while sitting inside. I made many photographs of the changing skies.
Armadale Castle, once home to the Macdonalds of Sleat of Clan Donald, is now a dramatic ruin overlooking the Sound of Sleat and set within 40 acres of woodland gardens. The site has roots in Clan Donald’s 15th-century presence on Skye, with the current buildings developing from a late 18th-century mansion expanded into a castle in 1815 by architect James Gillespie Graham. After a major fire in 1855, parts were rebuilt by David Bryce, but the castle was abandoned in 1925 and later became derelict. It was bought by the Clan Donald Lands Trust in 1972, with unsafe sections demolished in 1981, and was purchased by Armadale Estate Ltd in 2026. Famous visitors and figures linked to the site include Flora Macdonald, Samuel Johnson, and James Boswell. Visit Armadale Castle on the Isle of Skye. Click on the link to view the dancing party on the lawn from 1930.
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We stayed in Fort William twice. It is a half way point between Glasgow airport and the Isle of Skye. The trip leaders took us to some lovely places around the nearby lochs (see other posts).
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