Wildest Scotland, Isle of Skye

The Outer Hebrides seem to glow purple under the light of sunset.

Don't believe what the tour companies tell you about the Scottish highlands - there is absolutely no way, no way, that a simple 3-day-2-night tour to the Isle of Skye and the rest of the Scottish highlands is going to be enough to see everything that this beautiful place has to show you.

Driving is by far the best way to get around these parts, with attractions often being an hour or two out from each other, and even just on the road there's a ton of beautiful scenery that is too gorgeous to be missed!

I stayed in the Lochside Cottage on the side of Dunvegan Loch, which was really nice and sweet, near the town of Dunvegan and in a good location that made it easy to get pretty much everywhere. Oh, and did I mention that the gingerbread cake there is D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S?

Awkward arm and delicious gingerbread cake and frosting from Skye's Oldest Bakery!

This is the cottage we stayed in. Is it awesome or is awesome?!

There is so much beauty and so many amazingly different types of nature on Skye that it's almost like a completely different world. The hills in Fairy Glen look surreal, and the water in the Fairy Pools is so turquoise it looks like something out of this world.

Did I mention how water has completely carved the landscape making the same land look a thousand ways different?

Kilt Rock and the Mealt Waterfall.

Skye is divided into four regions - central, north west, north east, and south. Even with one whole week, we only really managed to explore the northern areas and a wee bit of the Cuilin range in the south up to Glen Brittle, because there's just so much to see!

The Rha River, Uig

Despite the ominous tombstone above, clearly Adeline Taylor Sarah and I were too excited to pay any attention to it because in the Rha River, we decided to strip and take a dip. In winter. Midwinter, mind you - the water must've been something like 2 degrees. Joy oh joy!

Towels just hanging by a tree branch cos we're badass like that.

Be warned - the water was extremely cold; my fingers and toes actually properly hurt from being in water that cold even for just a minute. Still though, it was invigorating, especially after I decided to put my head under the (freezing cold) water.

There's something about being so far away from the city and all its hustle and bustle that seems to make melodies just fall straight into your head, making you rush for some place to write your music down before it disappears forever.

The pitch of wind as it rushes past you while you're walking alongside a loch on a very windy sunny day is approximately a D.

And some of the best feelings in the world are the ones which make you most question your sanity.