A Week Kilted on Skye

[Salvianus]

Between them the fell runners and my second best walking boots (which I don't mind wearing on roads) covered all requirements. Incredibly, I wore the same boots on Skye in the eighties - Vegan Plastic! I took smart brogues and my Argyll, but didn't find the opportunity to dress up.

I know many don't like the contemporary kilt design, but it made it possible to do the whole week kilted, as I'm allergic to my wool kilt and while an evening is fine, all day every other day was surprisingly unpleasant. My denim kilt was wonderful to wear: very practical in hot weather and high winds, handy pockets for walking gear, very forgiving of long car journeys, perching on rocks and my shooting stick, picnics etc, but it does raise a few eyebrows, cos it looks more like a skirt. I have a Poly Viscose in Black Watch on order now, again based on previously posted advice on the forum.


I once pitched a tent here in Broadford late at night. It turned out to be the equivalent of the village green / seafront! We paid for our mistake, though - the sea comes right up across that beach and on this occasion straight into our sleeping bags



We caught a beautifully sunny day, here at Torrin, on the road to Elgol, and Bla Bheinn looked surreal.



The Blue Shed Cafe in Torrin (between Broadford and Elgol) - lovely people and the best view from a cafe table I've ever seen!


The Cuillin from Elgol. What I think Heaven must look like.
There are lots of boat trips around the islands from various points, obviously, but you have to be very careful about planning for the timetable, especially as journey times can be a bit variable if you go by road, or over the tops.



Couldn't have put it better myself!
The Moil road. This 'scenic route' (as opposed to?) around the coast to the Sconser quarry is pretty badly eroded at the moment and unsuitable for caravans etc!



Kilt Rock, Creag an Fheilidh, in the distance, the folds of dolerite resembling pleats, with visual aid for comparison.
There's a viewpoint car park and just up the road, a little fossil museum, but we missed the days it was open. Further into the Trotternish peninsula, we stopped for lunch at the Columba 1400 centre. The cafe is worth supporting, they provide residential courses for disadvantaged young people and I know from my own work the transforming power of the hills on the disaffected and distant.