SkyeBaggie
Welcome to Skye
I've not posted much lately and a few people have requested more info to go with the images. So if nomenclature and general info is not your thing then go straight to the comments section and tell me this picture is amazing and I'm the best togger you have ever known-lol.
Not the best image in the world but this is one of my favourite spots to shoot in Kyleakin. The Skye bridge is behind us in this picture. The wooden structures were where the tugboat "Vanguard" used to rest. Kyleakin is one of the most mispronounced places on Skye. If you break the word into it's constituent parts you will pronounce it like a local. A Kyle is a straight or narrows of the sea and the "Akin" is named for a Norwegian King-Haakon. So Kyle-'akin and it is not Leakin'!
What is left of Castle Moil is where Norwegian Princess, Saucy Mary, is said to have put a chain across the straights which would be lowered to allow boats to pass, once the toll had been paid, of course.
After its opening, it is said that one of the first couples over the Skye Bridge only just made it before their car broke down in a cloud of smoke. They asked the first local they saw if there were any mechanics in Kyleakin. The local replied "It's mostly McLeods and MacDonalds here, I don't think I've heard of any mechanics!"
Ok less stories!!!
Welcome to Skye
I've not posted much lately and a few people have requested more info to go with the images. So if nomenclature and general info is not your thing then go straight to the comments section and tell me this picture is amazing and I'm the best togger you have ever known-lol.
Not the best image in the world but this is one of my favourite spots to shoot in Kyleakin. The Skye bridge is behind us in this picture. The wooden structures were where the tugboat "Vanguard" used to rest. Kyleakin is one of the most mispronounced places on Skye. If you break the word into it's constituent parts you will pronounce it like a local. A Kyle is a straight or narrows of the sea and the "Akin" is named for a Norwegian King-Haakon. So Kyle-'akin and it is not Leakin'!
What is left of Castle Moil is where Norwegian Princess, Saucy Mary, is said to have put a chain across the straights which would be lowered to allow boats to pass, once the toll had been paid, of course.
After its opening, it is said that one of the first couples over the Skye Bridge only just made it before their car broke down in a cloud of smoke. They asked the first local they saw if there were any mechanics in Kyleakin. The local replied "It's mostly McLeods and MacDonalds here, I don't think I've heard of any mechanics!"
Ok less stories!!!