It’s off to Malaig on the Jacobite Express today, across
the viaduct made famous in the Harry Potter series on the train to Hogwarts.
Unfortunately, we are on the wrong side to get the proper
view (it’s the left hand side for anyone who wants to know).
It’s a queue for the tickets, as we couldn't
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| Crappy picture of train |
Across from us is an elderly Japanese man who tells us
that Harry Potter is huge in Japan, so much so they are building a theme park
based on him. You can see why JK Rowling is worth over 1 billion dollars.
The trip is a gentle two hour journey to the port of
Malaig that joins with the ferry to Skye which we can see just across the
straights or whatever it is.
The village is pretty small and makes its living out of
tourists and fishing I would guess. More places to eat than houses.
The train home seems faster, maybe it’s downhill? The
countryside is simply stunning, green with the colours of the heather.
Our Japanese friend who had got off the train at the
station near the viaduct so he could walk to it and take some pictures
re-joined us and seemed to have had a good day.
He though Jo looked like Dame Kiri?
They hold a lottery on the train, first prize being a
bottle of scotch, I won second prize, two bottles of local ale.
I gave one to our friend who was facing the overnight
sleeper to London! I thought it might help him sleep.
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