Ah, Ok, lets see here. Where was I when I left last? Oh yes, Kyleakin. Well, I'm back there now after staying last night and plan to spend at least one more night as I'm quite comfortable here and quite fond of the idea of actually knowing where I'm going to spend the next night. At last entry, I was off to see Glen Coe for two days as that was ...

On this day we toured the Isle of Skye and this place is impressive. An extremely exposed environment of jagged cliff faces, windswept, treeless hills and snow capped mountains. Our first stop was the river Sligeachan where, legend has it, a great warrior woman lived and trained other women in the arts of beating and killing, sounds kind of like...

There are these really creepy places called clootie wells in Scotland, call it superstition if you like but some people here who have loved ones with serious illnesses take a piece of clothing of the sick person, bring it to a clootie well, splash some water over it from the natural spring then tie the item to one of the trees around the well. I...

I woke up in the comfortable Skye Backpackers and padded downstairs for tea and toast. The Canadian working the front desk at the Backpackers was the only drawback - he had his moods. We got into the bus and stopped for supplies. Our first real stop was at Portree, the biggest town on the island, which was about Fonthill-sized, for comparison. T...

Sorry for the interruption in regular service! After spending a weekend sick with Terry, I took an amazingly fascinating trip up by National Express coach to Edinburgh, where I overnighted in the Royal Mile Backpackers prior to starting my three day MacBackpackers Tour to the Isle of Skye. The next morning I boarded a bus that would take me via ...

I´m definately an Aussie and love the country, but sometimes being an Anglo living downunder feels a long way from wherever it was my ancestors came from. After years of watching Maori and Aborigines ´reclaiming their heritage´and wondering what the hell that meant I finally got my own chance. I was in Scotland, land of castles, lochs, mountains...

Entry 32 of a trip titled: To the highlands & beyond

Not only did I see the highlands, but also the Northern most point of mainland Britain, and embarked on a bit of island hopping - the Orkneys, the isle of Skye & the Southern Hebrides.

Entry 28 of a trip titled: To the highlands & beyond

Not only did I see the highlands, but also the Northern most point of mainland Britain, and embarked on a bit of island hopping - the Orkneys, the isle of Skye & the Southern Hebrides.