Isle Of Skye Vacations, Isle Of Skye Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

As I said, I came here for 6 months thinking that I could also find some time to go around Europe a little during that time.  I thought I would come to the UK to work which would help me earn some money to travel a bit further 'cause let's face it: it is not quite affordable to travel properly to Europe with canadian money!  So I endend up here on the 14th of March 2006, the wee village of Kyleakin.    I used to work at the hotel...  and by the way, if some of you guy...

Why is it called the Isle of Skye, you ask?  Well, I don't know...I suppose I should look it up!  Our day three was devoted solely to this island, and all the wonders, magic and mystery surrounding it.  Our gracious bus driver took us around the island in a clockwise fashion, and we made several stops along the way to hear stories and myth of times gone by.  Our first stop of the day was at a little river running under an old bridge.  It is said that, by putting your ...

THURSDAY: DAY 21:  We were wakened early by the hard rain pounding on our "sunroof". We had breakfast at 8:30 and got on the A87 & it was still rainy, foggy but warmer. We saw a big Waterfall and Rainbow on LOCH AINART. We got petrol for 36 pounds then got on the A863 to go to DUNVEGAN CASTLE & GARDENS. This dates back to about 1200 and has been in the MacLeod Family for almost 800 years and is the only house in Scotland to have kept the same family (name) and roof through the ce...

Today was the day that Mum decided it would be a good idea to drive right across Scotland (well she made the decision a while ago, and I have been complaining that her travel planning skills need tweaking - just because the UK is smaller than Australia doesn't mean you can get everywhere in an hour or two).  We left Peterhead & took a few detours for old houses or towns or areas where various ancestors were known to have habited.  We were basically driving through the southern...