26 July 2012 - Isle of Skye

Yesterday was the drive up from the Scottish Borders to Skye - very pleasant and again I was struck with the magnificent crags around Glencoe.  Our accommodation was found easily and proved to be a modern house right at the top of the beach with wading birds just outside the window.

Today we toured the island which has a mixture of dramatic hills, shear sea-cliffs and a scattering of settlements over an area of around 200 square miles.  A lot of the land is low grass with low scrub or tussock, but we did come across some forestry.  Generally the land is rocky with a very small soil covering with a few peat bogs.  The roads have been greatly improved over the last few years and this was definitely needed from the examples of the old roads we saw. 

Tomorrow we head north up the west coast.