Aperoli on tour #2023 – stop #4 & the end

We arrived at The Isle Of Skye. Wow!

Getting there isn’t easy — many hours of driving on an assortment of roads, including small two-lane roads in the Highlands. But it’s worth every minute of driving to get there. Skye is wild and romantic and beautiful. It’s steeped in history. It’s isolated yet not old-fashioned.

Single track roads. Sheep and lambs on the road. We are on Island time. It can take some time just to move for a couple of miles.

Wild and far away: from people and everyday life. That can be very beautiful or turn into a problem if you break down…. Very bumpy roads on Skye… We went over a cattle grid and saw the steam start. We’d stopped to let someone pass then just started again when it happened: the radiator exploded, all water out within seconds. Calling for help but made the last 2 miles down the hill with engine off back to hotel parking.

The Scottish roads were too much for Aperoli…

Unfortunately, Aperoli cannot be fixed on time (there’s only one car garage on the island with no spare radiator available) before our ferry is scheduled back to Amsterdam. No problem with our insurance. That means holiday is ending sooner than planned and we are flying back to Germany & Aperoli will be transferred back to Germany at a later time, where we’ll fix the radiator ourselves. Thanks to ADAC for the great support bringing all of us back home.

Well, we were aware of the risk of a breakdown. It is what it is. Not regretting a minute of our beautiful trip with Aperoli. So happy we made it all the way to Scotland and even finished the rally.

It’s still an odyssey to get to the airport tomorrow… Cu soon Aperoli!