Tell me about a holiday in Skye

[Sasaferrato]

How are you getting there? The train from Fort William to Mallaig is AMAZING.

Beautiful place, would totally recommend. My knowledge of places to eat is really out of date so I will leave that to others but for walking it is stunning. And with the weather not being all that great it shouldn't be hugely busy I'd have thought.

You forgot to mention that you travel over the 'Harry Potter' viaduct at Glenfinnan.

 

[baldrick]

You forgot to mention that you travel over the 'Harry Potter' viaduct at Glenfinnan.

There was no Harry Potter nonsense when I went. But yes, it's true.

 

[Sasaferrato]

Honestly I would say don't go - there are hardly any intensive care beds in the Western isles, 8 in Stornoway I think and that's it - anyone who gets seriously ill with Covid has to endure a long journey to Inverness which is the nearest ICU. Don't risk bringing it to Skye from London.

You wouldn't go to Stornoway from Skye, it would be plane to Inverness and Raigmore.

 

[Sasaferrato]

There is also fossil hunting to be done.

Scotland – Skye – UK Fossil Collecting

Also known at Scotland’s Jurassic Island, Skye is the best place in Scotland to find Jurassic fossils. Fossils have been collected and documented from the island for many years, with some fantastic…

ukfossils.co.uk

 

[Saul Goodman]

There is also fossil hunting to be done.

Scotland – Skye – UK Fossil Collecting

Also known at Scotland’s Jurassic Island, Skye is the best place in Scotland to find Jurassic fossils. Fossils have been collected and documented from the island for many years, with some fantastic…

ukfossils.co.uk

They're a formidable opponent, those fossils.

 

[hash tag]

You forgot to mention that you travel over the 'Harry Potter' viaduct at Glenfinnan.

 

[Sasaferrato]

They're a formidable opponent, those fossils.

Given some of the sites, formidable indeed.

 

[HoratioCuthbert]

Honestly I would say don't go - there are hardly any intensive care beds in the Western isles, 8 in Stornoway I think and that's it - anyone who gets seriously ill with Covid has to endure a long journey to Inverness which is the nearest ICU. Don't risk bringing it to Skye from London.

Thanks for this- I see the 8 beds were put in place as a response to covid, we up in Orkney still have 2 but they aren't really for level 3 patients so they ultimately need to be airlifted to Aberdeen.

The scottish air ambulance service has 2 helicopters and 2 planes serving the whole of rural scotland. Folk in smaller isles need airlifted to the main local hospital up here too, or onto aberdeen- the delays are known to be hours long even pre covid. And in Orkney we have 1 land ambulance which is needed for transfers as local hospital doesn't have helipad so if that is out on a call there's a delay at our end too- we recently had 2 hours without any cover at all. Some smaller isles have no medical staff on them at all, that will also the case in the west I imagine. T e r r i f y i n g!

 

[Jay Park]

As my Grandpops used to say ‘the air, it’s like champagne’

 

[pogofish]

Or on Skye, it would be more likely Talisker.

 

[not-bono-ever]

On the way back from Uist, we arrived in sky. Portree was rammed in august. never seen as many tourists and fast food outlets doing business. Havent beeen to skye since the early 2000's. We did however get a taste for the place, saw it wasnt raining and decided to fuck off the planned the drive to london and find a deserted hill loch and free camp for another night

6 days in scotland and no rain !

 

[equationgirl]

HoratioCuthbert didn't know you were in Orkney. You must be our furthest north urb (sorry pogofish).

 

[8115]

Check out the dinosaur footprints at Staffin, quite humbling and a beautiful swim off that beach. There were a lot of RVs when we went though, slightly ruin the atmosphere. There's a beautiful looking campsite between the bridge and Staffin. If it went back I would go round the North and West if the Island.