Isle of Skye

Isle of Skye was just plain gorgeous.  We somehow managed to have some pretty spectacular luck in that it rained pretty consistently while we were driving, but once we got somewhere we wanted to walk and take in the sights, the sun came out.  

We were staying outside of Isle of Skye in Kyleakin so we had a short drive to get to Portree.  On the way, we somehow spotted some signage for a yarn store.  Given all of the sheep we had seen on our trip, I was surprised at how few yarn stores there were -- this was the first that we saw.  While I jokingly mentioned it to Jamie, he immediately turned into the driveway and we had a chance to take advantage of a pretty awesome find.  

I left with two big skeins of yarn from Scottish sheep (which had just been dyed the day before).  From those two skeins I made: (colors are a bit off in the pictures, but they were a light green and cream color)

This cowl...(which Man Boo so kindly modeled)

This kid-sized hat to donate to Kiki's Hats...

And this cat toy that is already pretty well-loved.

All-in-all, a pretty fortunate find!  We then continued our drive to Portree for lunch and some window-shopping.  A lovely little town!

Then we began some of our walking excursions.  Our first stop was Faerie Glen.  Which, if you ever find yourself in the Isle of Skye, I highly recommend.  It was pretty spectacular; Jamie proclaimed it the perfect "fairy tale" spot.  It kind of was:

Basically, it was a bunch of rolling hills that you could wander through using the paths that the sheep carved out.  There wasn't much to stop you from going wherever you wanted.

After Faerie Glen, we continued our drive north to Uig and the Quiriang.

Rather than climb the Quiriang (we were short on time and stamina), we hiked up Bioda Buidhe which offered us some pretty great views of Quiriang.

(For the record, Jamie is actually a lot higher up than it looks in these pictures, those tiny white specks are sheep )

And, finally as we made our way back south on the eastern side of the Isle of Skye, we stopped at Kilt Rock (you can see the kilts on the rocks in the distance -- past the falls).

Another glorious day in Scotland.