The b&b has bikes so we rented two. This photo was taken 5 minutes in to our ride. We stopped at the supermarket in the village and when we came out noticed that my bike had a puncture. Unreal. I had to drive back on Marjolein's bike, holding my own and replace the tube AND the outer tyre. I was SO not amused... 45 minutes later we managed to continue.
Anyways, off we went and soon enough we saw our first target of today's trip:
St. Clement's church in Rodel.
Marjolein in front of the church. There are MacLeod's everywhere here. The church was build in the 15th century.
This wall tomb belongs to the 8th MacLeod of Harris chief Alasdair Crotach MacLeod and was build in 1528.
This was his son William's tomb if I'm not mistaken. He was the 9th chief.
Not sure what this exactly was for.
This tomb belongs to John MacLeod of Minginish, the 10th Chief I believe.
Not too much is documented and the church fell in disuse for quite some time and ended up as a cow byre until being restored in 1873 by Catherine Herbert Countess of Dunmore.
More MacLeods outside.
St. Clement's church, Rodel, Harris, Scotland.
Vincent, Rodel, Harris, Scotland.
The view most of the day. Harris is not really well suited for cycling. Very hilly...
Close to the church there is another very interesting site that is overlooked by most people probably. There is this cairn but that's not what I meant. Cairns are everywhere here. They are little hills made of stones. Some hills are very old and some are new. People (mostly tourists I reckon) still build them...
View from the cairn. Quite nice.
This was the find of the day though! Remains of a dun (or duns?). The arrows point to 3 rectangular walls. A "dun" was an iron age fort. I haven't been able to find any information on this particular site unfortunately.
Me standing in the doorway.
On the way back we stopped at the Rodel Hotel for dinner. not overly impressed with the food but the location was great!
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