I have been living on Skye for one year today! I thought it would be a good time to reflect on my first year. I still look at the view every day and can’t get …
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One Year on Skye
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NWSSS
NWSSS or North West Skye Sunday Swim group meet most Sunday mornings for a swim. It’s just for fun and we snorkel around until we can bear the cold water no longer, which in most …
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A Wild Swim
First sea swim of this year! Temp a chilly 5 degrees Celsius. What a hardy bunch. We met at the Stein jetty at 9.30am this morning. After, we went back to Janet and Ian’s for …
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A Waternish Christmas
The Waternish Christmas Carol Singing took place yesterday evening in the Waternish Community Hall. All the traditional favourites followed by mince pies with tea and coffee. Lovely!
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Soft Furnishings
These are the bench cushions I made for the youth group meeting room at Dunvegan Hall. I posted this photo on Skye Free Ads last night in the hope of drumming up a bit more …
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Winter setting in
I have been away catching up with family for three weeks. It feels like I missed most of autumn while I was gone and have come back to winter. It’s mostly been cold and windy …
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Wellbeing
This morning I was up at 7am to go and meet a small group of locals who swim in the sea at Stein each morning. I love wild swimming and it is something I have …
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Passing Places
So many roads on Skye are single track roads with passing places. It can be quite a sociable experience driving along the single track roads. The vast majority of drivers are so polite and sometimes …
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My new boat!
Tonight I went kayaking with the big boys and girls! Out of the safe bay at Harlosh and into the open sea! We met at Meanish jetty and the plan had been to kayak around …
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YURTea and Coffee
I am taking on another part time job at Skyeskyns for two days a week working in the yurt cafe. Skyeskyns is a long established business, a working tannery and shop (selling mostly wool related products …
