The fine weather and our good progress on the way to Orkney have tempted
us to spend a little time based at Portree. Skye is not always so kind
with its weather! The place is busy with tourists (one is never a
tourist oneself!) so the Skipper went off up the hill and climbed the
two Grahams (2000ft+) The Storr and its neighbour Hartaval. The former
is particularly dramatic with its cliffs and pinnacles, notably the Old
Man which is much visited, but few venture to the summit. The return to
Portree was along the southern end of the Trotternish Ridge, which forms
the spine of this northern part of Skye. Visibility was good, except
where smoke blew across from heath fires set on the western moors.
An impressive photo.Love the differing textures and the angles