Skye

In September we visit Skye and stay in Larch Cottage. It was a bit of an experiment as the cottage was a Hebridean Kit Home which we are quite interested in. When we sell our Leeds houses and when we find a plot this is the kind of place we would like to build.

We had great views from our cosy living room. A real vantage point to watch the rain move horizontally down the valley!

Our first walk was to visit the Old Man of Stor. Unfortunately the weather didn't allow us a clear view.

And we were a little damp when we got to the top.

From there we headed North and drove round the top of the Island past the Kilted Falls.

We had better weather when we visited Kinloch Forest.

Probably the best walk we did was when we visited the Fairy Pools..... a string of clear pools where the water cascades from one to the other. Its close to the Cullins but without getting too adventurous.

The ominous Cullins make a dramatic back drop and the cloud swept across them throughout our walk.

John giving me a "hurry up" look as I took just one too many pictures of the pools. They were beautiful though.

The view from our picnic spot. Chilli tomato soup, a popular Milne family recipe, went down pretty well just here.

For all those malt whisky lovers here is the Talisker distillery. Needless to say we didn't leave empty handed!

Lorraine, Angus, Stuart and Ian may recognise this shot - its the campsite at Sligachan where we stayed on our Duke of Edinburgh hike. Twenty three years ago (yes scarily it is that long ago) we stayed at this site before starting our walk along the Trotternish Ridge.

The day we headed down the Sleat Peninsula was probably the best weather wise. The sun was still low in the east on our journey down.

On our walk to the Point of Sleat we came across the most glorious beach. It had white sand and was completely deserted. We really had to tear ourselves away to continue our walk.

One of the locals we met along the way.

What was once a lighthouse at the most southerly point of Skye is now an RF transmitter. There were still fantastic views though.






After all that exertion we stopped to have fish and chips at a cafe. This was the view we had as we sat outside eating our meal - yes the weather got that good!




And this shot of the stag was taken from our kitchen window!