As soon as the Covid restrictions allowed traveling within Scotland, we got our hands on maps and weather forecasts and decided to head off to the West Coast for our annual spring mini adventure. We had been in Skye 7 years ago during our first cycle tour together and at the time it felt like there was some unfinished business up there. The idea of sharing this island with a trillion of other tourists always put me off, but with Covid around it felt this was the right time, it was now or never. The weather forecasts were promising so that at the last minute we ordered the Skye Trail guide book, with the idea of walking it all and wild camp.
Day 1 – Getting to the start point (The Red Phone Box) – barely 2 km
30 April 2021
On this sunny Friday morning at 9.30am we said good bye to our warm flat and headed North, reaching Portree at 3.30pm. The bus was at 3.50pm, and when we realised that the long stay parking had a max of 12 hours stay we started panicking a bit, but soon found a spot in the community centre car park and made it in time. Being a bus driver in Skye must be the best job ever as all the bus drivers we met were always in a great mood! We were dropped at the Red Phone Box by Duntulm, the official starting point of the Skye Trail.
