Fairy Glen (17.5.2009)
First visit to the Isle of Skye and we stayed in a b&b in the North at Uig and the next again day went out to explore the lovely and tranquil Fairy Glen. No sightings of fairy's unfortunately.
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| Fairy Glen |
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| Fairy Glen |
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| Fairy Glen |
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| Fairy Glen |
That evening I took a stroll above Uig bay to a wee hill called Creag Liath 174m. I sat for a while watching the sun go down and soaking up the views over the Cuillins and over to the Outer Hebrides.
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| Uig bay |
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| Creag Liath 174m |
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| NW Skye |
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| The Outer Hebrides |
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| sunset |
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| sunset |
The Storr (719m/ 2358ft) 18/05/2009 5 hours
Walked up from the A855 through the obvious path through the forest for a mile out onto the open moor passed the gate. From here I followed the pitched stone footpath up towards the old man of storr then east towards a false summit. Climbed over the fence and scrambled up over rocks around to the north east ridge of the storr. From here I followed a level path in a south westerly direction around Coire Scamadal which lines the tops of cliffs. When the cliffs were free of loose rock I scrambled up onto the grassy ridge then left up towards the summit. The views were clear but the day was cloudy with rain and sunny spells. I returned the same way.
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| The Storr |
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| The Old Man of Storr |
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| Raasay |
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| The Storr cliffs |
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| Storr summit |
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| Storr summit |
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| The Trotternish Ridge |
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