Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(
www.theskyeshilasdairshop.co.uk
;
Carnach; 10am-6pm Apr-Oct)
The couple who run
this place, a few miles north of Stein, moved to Skye in 1971 and now raise sheep, hand-
spin woollen yarn, and hand-dye a range of wools and silks using natural dyes. You can
see the dyeing process and try hand-spinning in the exhibition area behind the studio,
which sells finished knitwear as well as yarns.
Trotternish
The Trotternish Peninsula to the north of Portree has some of Skye's most beautiful - and
bizarre - scenery. A loop road allows a circular driving tour of the peninsula from Portree,
passing through the village of
Uig
, where the ferry to the Outer Hebrides departs. The fol-
lowing sights are described travelling anticlockwise from Portree.
Sights & Activties
Old Man of Storr
The 50m-high, pot-bellied pinnacle of crumbling basalt known as the Old Man of Storr is
prominent above the road 6 miles north of Portree. Walk up to its foot from the car park in
the woods at the northern end of Loch Leathan (round trip 2 miles). This seemingly un-
climbable pinnacle was first scaled in 1955 by English mountaineer Don Whillans, a feat
that has been repeated only a handful of times since.
ROCK FORMATION
ROCK FORMATION
Quiraing
Staffin Bay is dominated by the dramatic basalt escarpment of the Quiraing: its impressive
land-slipped cliffs and pinnacles constitute one of Skye's most remarkable landscapes.
From a parking area at the highest point of the minor road between Staffin and Uig you
can walk north to the Quiraing in half an hour.
Duntulm Castle
Right at the tip of the Trotternish Peninsula is the ruined MacDonald fortress of Duntulm
Castle, which was abandoned in 1739, reputedly because it was haunted. The most fam-
ous spirit is the gibbering phantom of Hugh MacDonald, a local noble who was im-
prisoned in the dungeon for trying to seize Trotternish.
CASTLE
Skye Museum of Island Life
MUSEUM
