so cool having Lyra on my back after an amazing five days on Tiree we got the four hour Ferry
back to Oban on the mainland and drove North to our next destination the Isle of Skye the
largest island in the inner Hebrides at 50 miles long with stunning Peaks over 3000 feet skye is
one of the more popular tourist destinations in Scotland because of its accessible epic
scenery it's connected to the mainland via a bridge making it easy to get to the
iconic landscape we plan to spend five days here exploring the sites and going on hikes
my wife an I decided to make the most of her maternity leave
and rent a motorhome to road trip around Scotland and the
outer Hebrides with our six-month-old baby and two dogs the plan was to hike kite wing and
circumnavigate Islands whilst exploring Scotland's epic scenery here we are in beautiful Isle of Skye
and after about an hour we finally got the whole gang ready to face the elements
it's really windy chucking it down with rain what more could you want but the scenery is spectacular
and I've got a Lyra back there as you can see I've made a makeshift rain extra protection because
it's pretty brutal out here we are headed to the fairy pools
um which is this really cool kind of river waterfall runs down this beautiful Valley
our next mission on today's adventure is to walk to the top of The Old Man of Storr
this is a four and a half kilometer hike sheep farmers back in the days use to use it to spot the sheep
and the weather is cleared up a little bit I'm really enjoying the carrier
can she see?
it's so cool having Lyra on my back mind you she's getting quite
heavy but this carrier is a bit of a game changer look at that view
we're going all the way up there
so we're about two thirds of the way up
definitely getting a bit of a sweat on with this lump on my back
albeit she's very cute having a great time what a view though
picked a great day to do it
so we're almost at the top and part of the path is closed
so you had to go around
it's very boggy and slippery I took a little tumble look covered in mud luckily the baby's okay
sort of sprained my ankle a little bit so I think we're gonna not go up any further
but I think we're basically at the top but I feel very silly and bad I'm angry at myself my
ankle actually rolled slightly fine normally not so good when you've got baby yeah I know
not taking any risks to push it to get to the top so on our way back but an incredible walk at that
quick stop to feed the baby before heading back down pleased I didn't break my ankle
made it back to the motorhome a little bit of a sore ankle and a bruised ego
um and Lyra's okay thank goodness but a successful hike it took us
around two hours that's where we go next got the co-pilot ready Albina you ready
she's really taken to sitting in the front seat and hanging her
head out the window looking at the Sheep all right all right gotta go
our next mission on our Isle of Skye Adventure is a five kilometer walk out to a famous bothy and we
didn't actually know what bothy was until we came to Scotland or at least started researching this
trip and it's basically a shelter that is free to use for anyone and if they're out hiking caught in
a storm or just hiking and camping they're free to use and they're just basic shelters this one was
actually an old Coast Guard Lookout so apparently it's got particularly spectacular view um so yeah
it's about an hour each way got the dogs Lyra on my back ready for another mission let's go
soggy socks okay better Lyra
we made it
so this is a bothy anyone can stay in it
they don't lock the doors so anyone could show up at anytime
but what a spot to stay
so this bothy was built in 1928. apparently seven people slept in here last night some
guy that was just leaving said seven people I don't know where they all slept on the floor would
have been a cold night but this is really cool there's loads of food so we just finished an epic
four days in Skye we did some really nice hikes visited some of the main tourist attractions
um I would say it's more touristy than some of the other places we've been such as the highlands
and Tiree but still had a lot of fun some amazing amazing amazing picturesque Landscapes
um yeah and if you like walking and Hiking I'd say skye is the place to come so that's
it for this episode we'll see in the next one thanks for watching peace out