Jayson and Lissa Lichti Blog: Up north in Scotland

Isle of Skye

Lissa and I spent one night in Isle of Skye. We arrived late, checked into our hotel and ventured out towards the closest town. On our way we saw this sunset, so we decided to stop on the side of the narrow road and watch the sun disappear and the longer we waited, the richer and darker the colors got until the night was black.

That evening we decided we would sleep early and wake up before the sunset. Our destination being the Elgol, which is at bottom point of the Island (30 minute drive), hoping we would see the sunrise and be back in time for breakfast at 8:30 am.

The sun was set to rise at 7:30, we got there at 7:45 and we didn't see a sunrise, because it was hiding behind Scottish clouds. Not that we didn't enjoy the drive, it was very interesting. The area is so remote. It seems like a very quiet life living in those mountains, and at 7:45 in the morning it's almost too quiet. Only a few houses in so much wilderness.

The main industry in the area...

and a highlander cow...

When we got to Elgol (the south point of the Island), this was the sunrise...

I was expecting a town, with a harbor, there isn't much there, but I'm sure the locals don't mind it. The 40 minutes of drive was on a one lane highway, but with rest-points so you can let someone pass you. We saw two cars in during our whole drive.

A notable picture that Lissa took.

Back at our hotel, this is the view from our room. A small harbor, some boats and a castle ruin in the background that belonged to one of the Mac. familys. I think it was the Mackenzie's. There were 3 rival clans on this island. The Mackenzie clan was said to be the very passive of the 3 clans on the Island. The last castle to remain that is still owned by a clan on this island is the Macleod Dunvegan Castle. It's still occupied by someone from that family.