Our last day in Skye and it's raining again!

It's nice waking up in the middle of the night with the rain beating down on the roof, especially as it was so warm and cosy in the pod. On the other hand, it's not so nice when you have an itinerary that is primarily based outside...

Today is our last day in Skye so we wanted to make the most of it. We still had a few bucket list items to tick off before spending our last night in the middle of a field with sheep staring in!

We set off after breakfast to Fairy Glen, a very odd looking place in the hills above Uig. It is basically a landslip in miniature, but the road winds around small round-topped grassy hills with lochans (ponds) in between which gives the glen an otherworldly feel. Think of Lord of the Rings and that's it!

We wandered around the glen, climbing up and down the hills for about an hour. As we were heading back, the rain started to downpour but thankfully we were prepared with waterproofs and decent walking shoes. It has really surprised me how many people just rock up in jeans and white trainers!

After drying ourselves off in the car, we thought we should visit viewpoint for Kilt Rock and Mealt Falls. It was another 20 minute drive but the weather seemed to clear once we crossed over to the Quiraing to the east coast. We had a great view of the rock but not so much the waterfall as it has hardly rained in Skye (only the last few days that we have been here!).

Our next stop was literally a 5 minute drive away; I believe it's a lesser known attraction, Brother's Point, which hopefully means less tourists (yes, I get the irony!). We almost missed the car park as it was really just a lay-by; I only recognised it from a helpful blog which posted a picture. I parked the car and we set about on the next walk of the holiday. 

The walk was sign-posted, although it was in Gaelic; thankfully I had done my homework. There was another sign-post about 50 metres down the path though. We wandered down the gravel path, then onto a grassy path before arriving at a beach where we had to cross over some large pebbles and boggy grass. We spoke to some other walkers as I had read there was a dinosaur footprint at the point, but I wasn't sure where it was. 

SHEEPS! (Jeremy Clarkson inspired...)

After taking a few photos, we decided to keep walking towards the point, even though the walk seemed to be getting more and more perilous; at least the weather was holding. 

We eventually made it to the other side and tried to follow the instructions to the footprint. All I can say is, here is my photo, but I'm not sure if this is it or not!

We didn't quite make it to the point in the end, as it looked like another 30 plus minutes walk and we wanted to drive towards Portree and walk the Scorrybreac Circuit instead. 

As I was driving, I could see the weather was getting worse, but the walk was only 3.1km, and it was supposed to be reasonably easy so we would be able to fit it in before the rain came.

I've learned one thing since arriving in Skye - whatever the guidebook says about a walk, ignore it! The starting point seemed easy, so we thought we were on to a winner; it was only after the path veered away from the loch that we realised it might not be quite so easy. The loop basically takes you over a steep hill, and that hill has stones and gravel as the main path. By the time we came down the other side of the hill, we were both knackered and wet from the rain. It was a nice walk, but I'm not sure I would class this as a "perfect after dinner walk" like the guidebook says! (Iain - It was a bloody nightmare)

We made it back to the car, albeit very damp and soggy from the pouring rain. It was only a 2 minute drive to the centre of Portree so we parked the car up before going for a quick drink and then fish and chips by the harbour.

All in all a great end to our last day on Skye.