Ornsay Light

I've seen this lighthouse often, while driving up and down the road to the Armadale ferry terminal. So today took the trouble to go take a look and it was so worth the effort. Next to the hotel, I found the Gaelic Whiskey tasting place, oh what a wonderful find. I now have a nice new bottle of MacNamarra !

Ornsay light was automated in 1962 and in 1966 Gavin Maxwell Enterprises Ltd, of "Ring of Bright Water" fame, bought the cottages at Ornsay and those at Kyleakin. He was drawn to them as he enjoyed planning and converting houses and he thought they had commercial possibilities. The Ornsay cottage had four bedrooms and a 27-foot sitting room which looked up the Sound of Sleat to the north-east. Conversion and furnishing costs were in excess of £5,000 each. With good fishing and sailing each cottage was to rent at 50 guineas a week