After reminiscing in Stirling and driving through the Highlands, we made our way onto the beautiful Isle of Skye for a few days of R&R. It dawned on me that our little B&B in Carbost was the first solid roof I’d had over my head in all my journeys to the island. As a poor student, I was always in a tent…
We had spent a lot of time in the car, so it was nice to get out for a short walk near Dunvegan.
What will future generations think of us?
Having stopped for a quick lunch in the small village of Uig, we were approached by a long-haired man of soft voice and gentle demeanor whom we immediately and automatically thought would ask us for money or offer tour guide services that we neither wanted nor needed. Roderick James introduced himself as The Romantic Engineer and kicked us off our defensive pedestal by asking to recite for us a poem he had written…
When Journeys Call by Roderick James When journeys call don't hesitate With problems that you self create. Although there's many that come to mind When journeys start they're left behind. Along the way the answers come To questions that you never sung. You learn to listen out for clues Instead of suffering with the blues. These take you on your easy way That lead you to your destiny. So if no answer you can see Look to the side and there twill be.
Uig was the furthest away we would travel on this trip, and the point at which we turned around to start our long journey home. Roderick gifted us with the most fitting verse we could have imagined and we are very grateful to him.
I smiled reading this. In August 2021 I was walking the dog along the shoreline at Lytham, Lancashire, when I struck up a conversation with Roderick who recited one of his wonderful poems. After a year of lockdowns it was a beautiful moment which l’ll remember forever! Looks like you had an amazing trip.
Thanks, Dave! Roderick seems to have had the same affect on many folks.