Skye Trail 2012 – Final Thoughts
All walks have something to endear themselves to me, but the Skye Trail was very
All walks have something to endear themselves to me, but the Skye Trail was very
Many weeks ago, during our own separate preparations, Pete and I had arranged to meet
7th May 2012 – Drumfearn road-end to Armadale Pier: 18.1m – 2,800 ft – 6
4th May 2012 – Broadford to Drumfearn: 9.8m – 1,200 ft – 3 hrs 00
3rd May 2012 – Kirkibost to Broadford: 18.1m – 2,400 ft – 6 hrs 45
2nd May 2012 – Sligachan Hotel to Kirkibost: 16.3m – 2,100 ft – 6 hrs
1st May 2012 – Portree to Sligachan Hotel: 11.2m – 1,200 ft – 4 hrs
30th April 2012 – The Storr to Portree: 9.7m – 2,000 ft – 4 hrs
29th April 2012 – Quiraing to The Storr: 14.2m – 4,800 ft – 7 hrs
28th April 2012 – Duntulm to Flodigarry: 9.4m – 2,600 ft – 4 hrs 30
27th April 2012 – Northwich to Trotternish: 487m – 8 hrs 10 mins It was
I’m off to Skye tomorrow night and wouldn’t you know it, a last minute problem
Day One: Duntulm to Flodigarry This is going to be a short day; only 8
Of all the long distance walks I’ve done, selecting the route for the Skye Trail
In 2011 my brother, Roger, had stayed on Skye for a week, with a friend
Typically the cost of walking for two weeks along one of the UK’s long paths
There is now less than five weeks until I leave for Skye to walk the
This weekend will see my countdown calendar to Skye reading 8 weeks. I’ve been training