Stornoway, Isle of Lewis

A quick post about Stornoway before I get to the main action. 

I arrived here 4 days ago and I'm back here now after my Isle of Lewis tour. All trace of the original Viking settlement is gone and Lews Castle is is an ugly 1850s fake-gothic excuse for a castle / golf course. Basically, Stornoway is an industrial port town, which the local council have tried to dress up a bit, but there's ho hiding it's pebblecrete character. Most of the population of the island live here. The main ferry port, airport and infrastructure is here. There's a good Gaelic-speaking cafe here with nice music and people, here are also weird drunk fishermen in droves. it's been a handy base, so that I didn't exhaust myself with sightseeing on the rest of the island, only to jump straight onto transport at the end of the day. I get on the plane to Edinburgh tomorrow at 4pm. 

The last great objective of my trip is accomplished and I am starting to feel tired and a bit lonely. I see friends on Monday, and Louise by Friday, so the loneliness has hit at a good time. I am glad it didn't come earlier. The weather has gone bad, right at the end of the trip. Today was rainy and windy all day, and it felt like the end of things.