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This final Isle of Skye travel post of three takes in Dunvegan Castle, Neist Point, Sligachan and Talisker Bay. Dunvegan Castle Dunvegan Castle is a stand-out tourist attraction on a north western tip of the Isle of Skye. We saw numerous leaflets about it, it’s boldly marked on every map, it has a long and […]
Portree is the capital and largest town of the Isle of Skye. A pretty town and obvious epicentre for tourists, it has a quaint harbour that provides several boat rides a day. I see from the Wikipedia page that “Around 939 people (37.72% of the population) can speak Scottish Gaelic” but let’s not be too […]
The Isle of Skye is an astonishingly beautiful place. After taking the swooping humped bridge connected to mainland Scotland’s northwest coast, you can be stunned in nearly every direction you turn; every long winding corner you arc around, every horizon you climb towards. When you travel around Skye, you’re presented with countless incredible vistas, many […]
Astrophotography is not a subject I feel qualified to write about, but I’m going to anyway. You see, I’ve only ever really dabbled and played with long exposures, but you might argue that’s all anyone ever does, before getting ok at any form of photography. This is dangerously controversial so please don’t tell anyone ok, […]
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Highland flung
15th December 2013
by Mark Hawkins
Another from the travel vaults, this tells of a day during a 2008 road-trip around the mesmerising Western Highlands of Scotland. The well-travelled writer, broadcaster and Monty Python member Michael Palin ranks this as his favourite area of the UK and it’s easy to see why. I badly want to go back. I wind myself […]