The sun shone brightly through our windows and spurred us to an early start. Our goal was to explore the Trotternish, which is the northeastern finger of the island. We had a light breakfast and we were off.

We stopped at every possible spot (and a few unlikely ones) to take pictures on our way north. It didn't matter to us that traffic was building on the road and it soon became apparent why. There were two semis hauling extra long and wide pipes along roads that barely fit one car in each direction. Fortunately for us, they turned towards Dunvegan while we continued on to Uig.

In Uig, a coastal harbor town with a ferry terminal, we asked directions to the Fairy Glen. No book has a walk listed there, so you ask a local. We backtracked on the road, made a left at the church and followed the single track road past the cemetery, across the cow grate and into Fairy Glen. You know it when you arrive because an ordinary sheep and cow pasture gives way to a set of hillocks and rocks that transport you away. The extreme greenness of the hills, covered in ferns and nibbled by sheep, makes you feel like it is a different world.

We traveled over the headlands and had beautiful views of the ocean as it crashed against the cliffs on this part of the island. Lunch was patched together from the co-op and we ate at an overlook which gave us great views to the south of the small mountains. It looked like storm clouds were coming over the range, so we moved on to seek out a trail outside of Staffin.

The A855 runs from the headlands down into Portree and has many beautiful walks along the way. We stopped at a waterfall where the Lealt River spills into the sound of Raasay. It's a beautiful falls with a short run to the ocean. The sound was very calm and reflected the puffy clouds. You could see across to the Island of Raasay. We would have stayed longer but the midges were swarming and drove us back to the car.

Next we followed the road down to the Storrs. These are a set of pinnacles that shoot up from the munroes into the low cloud deck. It was a very steep hike up to the gate which marks the halfway point. The Storrs were steely and strong and carved quite a silhouette in the sky.

We descended from the Storrs and into Portree. It is a quaint town right on the sound and is broken into a high section with most of the shops on the upper end. On the lower sections are a few bed and breakfast hotels and take-away fish and chip joints. We had some ice cream and wandered the town - it didn't take long.

Back through Sligachan and Broadford to the hotel. It was a long day but we saw a large percentage of Skye and we were happy but tired.

Hotel: Toravaig House Hotel
Restaurant(s): Duisberg House
Attractions: Uig and neary Fairy Glen, Portree, Quirang area and the Old Man of Storr, Lealt Falls