The Isle of Skye is one of the most beautiful places in Scotland, if not the world! One of my best friends suggested taking a trip up as she had heard it was spectacular and a must when visiting Scotland! Although I have lived in Scotland for nearly all of my life and call this country home, I have barely seen any of it! So I thought; what a great idea!

So in March, myself and three friends took a trip up the west of Scotland to The Isle of Skye to see what all of the hype was about, and it’s safe to say that we were not disappointed!

We left sunny Edinburgh on Wednesday morning and made our way to Loch Lomond. We spent an hour walking along part of the loch and then drove further up north along the loch. We stopped for lunch in an old converted church and then headed for Glencoe! We found a view point just outside of Glencoe to take some pictures and then headed into Glencoe for a little pit-stop, and to contact the hostel (who still had not confirmed our booking, we were getting a little anxious).

After Glencoe, we headed for the Glenfinnan Viaduct! Now my three friends were either Harry Potter fans, and had read all of the books or had seen all of the films. However, I am neither, but it was great to see the viaduct. My little tip for this visit; when standing at the view-point for the viaduct, turn your back to the viaduct and have a look at the other side, it’s quite something!

So after that, it was time to head for Skye, we had one final pit-stop in Fort William to contact the hostel again and then we were off. Now being in the north of Scotland, where a lot of Scotland’s big hills are, there is a lot of up and down and round about roads, which pushed my little car Suzie to her limit. But she came through and got us to Broadford in Skye in one piece!
After we checked in, we headed to the local store to grab a little drink for ourselves and then a quick bite to eat! After that it was time for bed to build up some energy for the next day!

Up at 09:30…. I mean 07:30… and off for breakfast at a little hotel on the road to Portree. When we reached Portree we headed straight for a coffee shop, as two of my friends are massive coffee lovers! A little walk around Portree was followed by a trip to The Old Man of Storr!

Here the views are fantastic! They also make for a good backdrop for some funny picture antics! Can you tell that we dance and can do some basic gymnastics?

Onwards to the Kilt Falls. The waterfall is gorgeous and the view out to sea is breathtaking! A little fact; the human eye can see 25miles ahead when gazing into flat open land. Now I don’t know how far away the horizon was, but it felt like we were close to the edge of the Earth!

Afterwards it was time for dinner, which we found in a little seafood restaurant! The food was amazing and so fresh! Thwn it was time to head back to Edinburgh.

One of my favourite moments was driving over The Skye Bridge! I felt like I had achieved some driving milestone! And I got to achieve this milestone quite a few times, as we all wanted to try and get some great photos therefor we drove over the bridge a few time just for that perfect picture!

After the photo-shoot we had time for a quick stop at Eilean Donan Castle. Unfortunately we arrived after it had closed so we weren’t able to see inside or find out a lot of the history, but it was still nice to have a look about!

Then a five hour drive back to Edinburgh. A journey that was filled with some amazing music choices chosen by our resident DJ Nelli!

All in all, I would definitely recommend a visit to Skye! It is such a beautiful part of Scotland and although the phone signal is limited, it doesn’t matter, as there is so much scenery to see with your own eyes!