The Skye Guide

The independent guide to the Isle of Skye

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Welcome to The Skye Guide

The Skye Guide is an independent and personal view of the Isle of Skye. It is written mainly with visitors to the island in mind, but I hope it is useful to residents and potential residents as well.
I have chosen to make my home on the island, so my views are not impartial - but neither are they uncritical. Places are mentioned in the guide mostly because I like them and because I think you might.  If a place is not included, it may be because I would not recommend it to you, but equally it may be because I have not yet experienced it.
I am happy with that ambiguity...
 

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Dalavil

Old house at Dalavil

This is a delightful walk of around 12km to Dalavil on the west coast of Sleat. The navigation is mostly straightforward and much of the route is on tracks or paths - but there are some sections that can be very boggy after rain. The route passes a beautiful, isolated loch, and some evocative settlements that have been deserted since the clearances of the nineteenth century. It takes you through Coille Dalavil, a mature mixed native woodland, before reaching the shore. From the coast, the views across the water to the Cuillin are magnificent. This is also a good walk for seeing wildlife of many kinds, including snakes, and otters that frequently play by the shore.

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Did you know?

The pier in Portree was designed and built in the 19th century by the famous engineer, Thomas Telford. 


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