July 2018 - Isle of Skye
We spent two great days on the Isle of Skye, home to some of the most well known highland scenery. Here are some pictures of the hiking that we did, at the Quirang and the Old Man of Storr. These were familiar to us from our Amazon Fire TV screensaver. See here for the rest of the Isle of Skye pictures.
We spent two great days on the Isle of Skye, home to some of the most well known highland scenery. Here are some pictures of the hiking that we did, at the Quirang and the Old Man of Storr. These were familiar to us from our Amazon Fire TV screensaver. See here for the rest of the Isle of Skye pictures.
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| The drive in to the Isle of Skye | The road up to the Quirang | |
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| The Quirang | Looking back from the other side of the wacky ridge | |
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| Rocky structures | A stonechat | The trail took us to the top of the ridge on the right |
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| From the top of the ridge | ||
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| The rippled landscape | The top of the ridge is a large grassy plateau | |
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| Overlooking the valley | Sheep up top | |
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| Hiking along some big cliffs | ||
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| Driving up to the Old Man of Storr | The hike | Cotton ball like things growing in patches on the hills |
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| The Old Man of Storr | A very small me scrambling up to the base | A neighboring spire |
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| The view from the top | ||
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| Heading back down | The sheep of Storr | Action shot at the Kilt Rock |
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| The cliffs in the other direction | The Portree harbor | Boats just waiting for the tide to come in |
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| Some fantastic details on the wildflowers growing all over |