England-Scotland Day 8 (Part 4) – Evening at Portree on the Isle of Skye

10 April 2010 The village of Portree, situated on the east side of Skye overlooking a sheltered bay, is the capital of the island and centrally located on the Isle of Skye.  and . It is surrounded by hills, Ben Tianavaig to the south and Suidh Fhinn or Fingal’s Seat to the west, both about 1000ft (413m and 312m respectively) and Ben Chrachaig, much lower (144m) to the north.The area around Portree...

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England-Scotland Day 9 (Part 1) – Our plan for exploring the Trotternish Peninsula on Isle of Skye

11 April 2010 The day started off with a good breakfast on the second floor of the Ben Tianaviag B&B. Besides serving us an excellent breakfast, Bill Johnson came to chat with us and helped fine-tuned our sight-seeing plan for the day.  Our plan was to explore the Trotternish Peninsula and North-East Skye and all these could be covered in a day, going up one side of it and come down the...

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England-Scotland Day 9 (Part 2) – Old Man of Storr, Lealt Falls and Mealt Waterfall and Kilt Rock

11 April 2010 Leaving Portree, we drove northwards towards the Trotternish Peninsula via the A855. We could see the Old Man of Storr from the road as we approached it, some 8 miles north of Portree. We spotted some horned sheep by the road and being city folks, we stopped the car to get closer.By the A855 road and taking photos of sheep and ram. The Old Man of Storr in the distance on the left.Photo...

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England-Scotland Day 9 (Part 3) – Going up the Quirang in the Isle of Skye

11 April 2010 Shortly after leaving the Mealt Falls and Kilt Rock carpark, we approached the Quirang. This is the mountain range that Bill had told us about during breakfast.We caught our first glimpse of the Quirang from the A855. We could see tiny figures of some people on the mountain top as we took the single track road that will leads us there.We turned off the A855 and took a single track road...

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England-Scotland Day 9 (Part 4) – Visit to two castles Duntulm and Dunvegan and the Fairy Glen on the Isle of Skye

11 April 2010 Duntulm Castle is a castle ruin situated on the northern coast of the Trotternish Peninsula, Isle of Skye. To get to the castle, we took a short walk on a footpath across a grass fields on top of a ridge, avoiding the landmines (sheep droppings) along the way. Not much was left of the castle, except piles of rubble and some crumbling walls where wooden fences had being put up as a safety...

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England-Scotland Day 9 (Part 5) – Neist Point at Isle of Skye

11 April 2010 For a photographer or hobbyist, no visit to the Isle of Skye is complete without a visit to Neist Point to photograph the cliffs.  That’s what I told my family to get them to tag along with me while I took a detour off the beaten path to see this place. Leaving the A863 near Dunvegan, I took a B-road heading west towards the most westerly point of the Isle of Skye, followed by...

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