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travel writing
Just as the idea of physical distance has a certain romance, distant shapes can attain an enchanting mystery. That is, until you eventually go and explore them. Across any town or city there are familiar skyline features: good, bad or indifferent. You will instantly know what some of them are and have little interest in […]
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 […]