Day 14: Isle of Skye

After a nice breakfast in Portree, the major town in the Skye, we headed out to our first destination.

In Braveheart movie, William Wallace was asking his girlfriend to go out, she complained about the rain. He said:”This is not rain, it’s not even horizontal!” Steve always joked it’s normal to have horizontal rain in Scotland… and I finally experienced it this morning.

We were high enough to be in the clouds, the wind was cold and intense, and the rain was literally hitting us from sideways! Despite the unique scenery, we had to leave since we could hardly open our eyes!

Fortunately, as the day went on, the weather got better. By the time we reached Old Man of Storr, we even got some sunshine! Isle of Skye is indeed very beautiful!

However, for anyone coming here, I highly recommend staying on Raasay island like we did. Because the best part of our entire vacation so far was a bike ride in the sunset on Raasay. Since the sunset very late in summer here, we were able to ride our bike after dinner in plenty of sunshine.

It’s difficult to describe just how beautiful the island is. The glistening ocean, the blue sky, the peaceful atmosphere of Scottish countryside, the purple rhododendrons lining up both side of the road, I seriously thought I was riding in the paradise! Since the last ferry has left the island, there were just the residents and few tourists on the island, there was no one on the road. We rode our bikes freely, the only sounds we heard were buzzing bees, the whispering leaves, and the gentle waves.

We will miss this charming little island once we leave tomorrow.Read more