Photo Friday: Midwinter Skye

Allt Coir a Mhadaidh, Glen Brittle, Isle of Skye

I used a one-week term break as an opportunity to travel back up into the Highlands, taking a 6-hour drive up through Pitlochry and Cairngorms into the spectacular Isle of Skye. An island on the west coast of highland Scotland, Skye is linked to the Scottish mainland by a short bridge.

In 2007, National Geographic Traveller voted Skye one of the most beautiful islands in the world - and it's very easy to see why.

Sheep in a field near Dunvegan.

The Timber House stands alone in a field on the shores of Loch Dunvegan.

Loch Dunvegan gleams sapphire blue on a clear sunny morning.

The brilliant turquoise waters of Glen Brittle's Fairy Pools are the result of mineral dissolution from the Cuilin.

A play of light and shadow in Glen Brittle.

Glen Brittle landscape.

Loch Dunvegan by twilight.

Sunlight illuminates the Fairy Glen in Uig. Folklore says that this was the meeting place for fairies!

A wild Cheryl appears!

More Isle of Skye coming soon!