Isle of Skye

As promised some photos from our trip to Skye, we were blessed with very good weather - but thankfully nowhere near as hot as the rest of the country has been! No wildlife photos unfortunately - see last post  - got plenty of seagulls though but I'll stick to the beautiful landscapes for this post!

An amazing landscape in the North of Skye near to where we camped, called the Quaraing, this strange landscape was formed from a series of landslides leaving the harder rock behind, forming huge pillars and rock formations.

The Old Man of Storr - it took 3 attempts to climb this to get this view from the ridge above - on the first two attempts the cloud came in and blocked the view just as we were nearing the top!  Got it in the end though!

This is taken from below the impressive Cuillin Ridge at a place known as the fairy pools - there were lots of people bathing in the pools and it was difficult to get a photo with noone in it!

 We took a boat trip from Elgol to visit the beautiful Loch Coruisk. This photo just doesn't give justice to the beauty of this place!

Eilean Donan Castle

On our drive back we stopped at Glencoe and climbed up into the Lost Valley, as I'd never been and have wanted to see this beautiful place for a long time!  I wasn't disappointed, wish we could have stayed longer!

And as I can't put a blog post on without a bit of art in it so here is one I've done recently, of a red cardinal - wouldn't it be lovely to have these gorgeous birds on our feeders here in the UK?

 Have a wonderful day whatever it is you're doing!
Sharon