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Skye Trail Epilogue

Getting home Day 7 location Day 7 map <<< >>> Immediately following the end of the Skye Trail on Friday, my mother started the long drive from Broadford to start our journey home. I had thoroughly enjoyed my time on the Isle of Skye, finding the trail to be nowhere near as hard as I imagined it might be, other than the day spent traversing the Trotternish Ridge. Perhaps the recent dry spell had aided this greatly, keeping the boggy patches always merely a little damp. If, by some […]

https://deananderton.com/2026/05/11/skye-trail-epilogue/

Skye Trail Day 7

Torrin to Broadford (12.5 mi / 20 km) Day 7 location Day 7 map <<< >>> Somehow, the weather was even worse than it had been yesterday when I opened my curtains early in the morning. It appeared as if the much-feared wintry conditions had finally arrived with rain so heavy that I could barely see more than a few feet outside the window. Miraculously, the shower drifted by as I ate my breakfast, leaving behind only the wind to contend with beneath the patchy blue sky. Expecting much more […]

https://deananderton.com/2026/05/08/skye-trail-day-7/

Skye Trail Day 6

Elgol to Torrin (10.5 mi / 16.5 km) Day 6 location Day 6 map <<< >>> Drained from fighting for my life during yesterday’s dangerous cliff traversal, I fell asleep before the sun had fully set in our second rented home in Torrin. Thus, even upon waking up early the next morning, I had more than caught up on enough slumber to be ready for another day. Even the strong wind which had arrived during the night couldn’t wake me up, although the horrid weather that was forecast didn’t […]

https://deananderton.com/2026/05/07/skye-trail-day-6/

Skye Trail Day 5

Sligachan to Elgol (11.5 mi / 18.5 km) Day 5 location Day 5 map <<< >>> Having read a preview of the fifth day of the trail that cautioned of several fatalities on a dangerous section, I had quite a restless night with undue concern about my experience level. At least the weather was much sunnier outside than I had expected upon giving up on snatching any more slumber in the morning, albeit still being forecast to turn in the late afternoon. Not wishing to be on the perilous cliffs when […]

https://deananderton.com/2026/05/06/skye-trail-day-5/

Skye Trail Day 4

Portree to Sligachan (12.5 mi / 20 km) Day 4 location Day 4 map <<< >>> As much as I had been enjoying the thrilling trail thus far, I woke up with a great deal of reluctance to continue walking on the fourth day due to it largely sticking to tarmac roads. However, the bright blue sky beckoned my weary body outside, prompting me with an opportunity to trial my new hat that wasn’t at all needed during my tests earlier in the spring. Well protected from the sunshine, I eventually dragged […]

https://deananderton.com/2026/05/05/skye-trail-day-4/

Skye Trail Day 3

The Storr to Portree (9 mi / 14.5 km) Day 3 location Day 3 map <<< >>> Paying the price for yesterday’s thrilling ridge walk, I woke up with aching muscles and still feeling a little fatigued, despite being sound asleep for much of the night. As much as the effort had been worth it, I was relieved that I had a much shorter and easier day ahead of me, such that I could recover throughout the morning once more. Indeed, I didn’t even leave our house in Portree until after lunch time, […]

https://deananderton.com/2026/05/04/skye-trail-day-3/

Skye Trail Day 2

Quiraing to The Storr (14.5 mi / 23 km) Day 2 location Day 2 map <<< >>> Ahead of me was the longest and toughest day of the trail, perhaps ranked high amongst those in the entire country due to its remote nature. Despite possessing this knowledge, I decided to stay at our rented home in Portree throughout the morning, trusting that the forecast that the low clouds still dominating the sky would dissipate in the afternoon. Risking not completing the arduous trek before sunset, we […]

https://deananderton.com/2026/05/03/skye-trail-day-2/

Skye Trail Day 1

Rubha Hunish to Quiraing (11 mi / 18 km) Day 1 location Day 1 map <<< >>> Evidently, my dream of the summertime didn’t come true, for I woke up to rain pattering upon my window, partly obscuring even the closest hill ranges to Portree. Deciding that it wasn’t worth starting the trail in such terrible conditions, we rested in our rented house until late in the morning, allowing us plenty of time to recover from yesterday’s long journey. Eventually, it lessened enough to become […]

https://deananderton.com/2026/05/02/skye-trail-day-1/

Skye Trail Prologue

Getting there Prologue location Prologue map <<< >>> There had been a slightly longer gap in my plans than my usually jam-packed springtime walks following my opening ramble on the Forth & Clyde/Union Canal Towpath. However, I had remained far from sedentary, jetting off to Poland for a long weekend in the fantastic Energylandia theme park during the long band of warm weather. With my head still spinning from the intense roller coasters, I plunged back into work at the nursery for […]

https://deananderton.com/2026/05/01/skye-trail-prologue/