It was time to say goodbye to Harris and board the ferry from Tarbert to the Isle of Skye. Going through all the tiny isles, the ferry took the course to the Isle of Skye. We got some company for a bit, and a school of dolphins joined us. Hello Skye And hello Skye – […]
The Isle of Skye (an t-Eilean Sgiathanach in Gaelic) takes its name from the old Norse sky-a,meaning ‘cloud island’, a Viking reference to the often-mist-enshrouded Cuillin Hills. It’s the second-largest of Scotland’s islands, a 50-mile-long patchwork of velvet moors, jagged mountains, sparkling lochs and towering sea cliffs. (Lonely Planet) Skye is the largest and most northern […]
After a breakfast with a view, it was time to get back into my fancy drive and explore the north of Skye under a blue sky. It was a perfect summer day, almost too perfect – some clouds would have looked nice on the photographs. Phone booth (and post boxes) in the middle of nowhere, […]