Even though our alarms go off at 7am, we doze intermittently. I return to the dream world and imagine that we are surrounded by loads of other campers and tents. I’m grateful that when I wake, this isn’t the case. We’re walking for 10:20am and march along in wet shoes towards the Camasunary bothy and … More Day 5 – Hiking the Skye Trail – reaching Elgol
Despite both waking early we don’t get up, our bodies appreciate the extra few hours. A low white fog has rolled in and remains all morning. The ferry which connects Skye with the island of Raasay bleets out every so often. We’re hiking for 9:30am and return to the main road. It is almost eerily … More Day 4 on the Skye Trail
I wake at midnight and poke my head out the tent door in hopes of seeing the northern lights, nothing…but it is wonderfully peaceful. The crescent moon hangs over the nearby hills and the occasional car zips by on the other side of the reservoir. Stars are dotted here and there and I return … More Hiking Skye Trail – Day 3
We’ve slept in, my alarm was set for 7am but we didn’t get up for a while…I could hear rain coming and going, hitting the tent walls and a slight breeze slipping inside. It wasn’t cold and I was rather cosy buried in my sleeping bag. Walking by 8:30am, today was the day of ridge … More Day 2 – Hiking the Skye Trail
We’ve slept in – or by hiker standards we’ve overslept :p Hiking from 7:30am we follow the track arrive at Rubha Hunish which is the northern point of the headland and houses a bothy. We arrive to an international crowd with folk from New Zealand, Netherlands, Germany, Czech, UK and the US. Some were rolling … More Day 1 -Hiking the Skye Trail
