Thursday, June 23, 2011

Touring Isle of Skye

 The 2,500 ft (834m) Glamaig (Green Lady) hill rises from the sea dominating the surrounding landscape

The village of Portree (Royal Port), Sky's largest community and is as cute as it looks

Part of the Trotternish Peninsula, "Old Man of Storr" is a 160ft (54m) tapered slab of basalt that proudly sits apart from the rest of Storr due to a massive landslide 6,500 years ago

 Set upon volcanic rock overlooking a sea loch, Dunvegan Castle has been the home of the chiefs of Clan MacLeod for 1,000 years

 MacLeod's Tables are two flat-topped hills on the Duirnish Peninsula

 Looking across to the small hamlet of Bracadale and its sea loch 

The Cuillin Hills as seen from the isolated fishing port of Egol situated at the end of a one track road


We had it all today: sunshine in the morning, clouds in the afternoon and rain at the end of the day.  A normal summer day in Scotland.  It was a full day of touring and the Isle of Skye did not disappoint.  It truly is a wild, rugged, barren, unspoiled and remote piece of Scotland and we loved all of it.  It even has it's own scotch distillery, Talisker, which we managed to tour.  The pictures tell a better story than I can.

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