FauxpasGDec 27, 2022
Nicki Lygo

Who has been to this amazing place?

I treasured my travels on these islands 🧡

#Scotland #Skye #Hebrides #HighlandsAndIslands

Dec 20, 2022 at 7:36amWeb
Show threadMHRev 👹🤡Dec 20, 2022
@DrLygo
Thank you for the photo! Incredible!
Show threadNicki LygoDec 20, 2022
@MHR989 Thanks! 😊
Show threadLouiseDec 20, 2022
@DrLygo fantastic pic!
Show threadNicki LygoDec 20, 2022
@mustntgrumble Thank you 😊
Show threadAriaflameDec 20, 2022
@DrLygo I spent nearly two weeks at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
Show threadNicki LygoDec 20, 2022
@ariaflame Oh wonderful, you speak Gaelic?
Show threadAriaflameDec 20, 2022
@DrLygo Tha beagan gàidhlig agam, ach chan eil mi fileanta
So I'm still learning.
Show threadNicki LygoDec 20, 2022
@ariaflame Kudos! I had to use google translate for that!
It’s a beautiful language; good luck with the studies.
Show threadOwen DelaneyDec 20, 2022
@DrLygo 🙋🏻‍♂️ beautiful place, kids didn’t appreciate the climb though! 😅
Show threadNicki LygoDec 20, 2022
@owen Haha. I hear you! Snacks, snacks and more snacks… It’s the only way 😆 My kids have all done charity trails and my youngest said he wanted to do his because he knew it meant unlimited chocolate (and for Duchenne, of course!)
Show threadSusan Dec 20, 2022
@DrLygo we did the #NC500 last year but unfortunately couldn’t add Skye to the itinerary. It’s higher on the priority list for the next time we go to Scotland
Show threadNicki LygoDec 20, 2022
@molecat Oh wonderful. I would love to do the NC500! Definitely worth a trip to Skye next time you’re up there 😊
Show threadSusan Dec 20, 2022
@DrLygo I highly recommend it. We did it on a budget, camping kit in the car, combination of booked campsites and wild camping.
It was stunning, one of the most memorable holidays of my life ❤️
Show threadWarrick WynneDec 20, 2022

@DrLygo

I was fortunate enough to do some walking here a few years ago.
A beautiful place!

Show threadGeorge BarwoodDec 20, 2022
@DrLygo Yes I have. I took this July 29, 2016.
Show threadNicki LygoDec 20, 2022
@george_barwood That’s lovely! The people really give it scale! 👌🏻
Show thread✅ Evert AlbersDec 20, 2022
@DrLygo Yes, but that was a looong time ago 🚲. We missed the peaks on your picture (fog) but that was compensated for by a playful seal close to the road.
Show threadNicki LygoDec 20, 2022
@evert Oh that’s wonderful! I went to several islands and somehow didn’t see a single one!
Show threadDaveDec 20, 2022
@DrLygo …last week!
Show threadNicki LygoDec 20, 2022
@_davelee Beautiful! It must be magic to be there in the snow!
Show threadDaveDec 21, 2022
@DrLygo yes it was stunning! …And a tad nippy!
Show threadslatsDec 20, 2022
@DrLygo Have taken a photo from almost exactly the same spot, on a very blustery day in May 2017. Beautiful part of the world 😌
Show threadNicki LygoDec 20, 2022
@slats It really is! This was my breakfast spot! The dawn photographers had left and the throng hadn’t yet arrived. It was perfect!
Show threadslatsDec 20, 2022
@DrLygo
Show threadNicki LygoDec 21, 2022
@slats Beautiful pic 👌🏻
Show threadSeth Johnson Dec 20, 2022
@DrLygo I have! Just this year but the view was a bit different... 😂 maybe next time. 🤣
Show threadNicki LygoDec 21, 2022
@seth Pesky weather! 😆 What did it look like from within the cloud at the top?
Show threadSeth Johnson Dec 21, 2022
@DrLygo We had a 5 year old in tow and we are from Florida -- so no hiking that day! 😂 We ended up seeing the dinosaur footprints which were much more entertaining for her than the cold rain and 40 mph winds. 😄
Show threadNicki LygoDec 21, 2022

@seth Ooh. Oh my word, they were awesome weren’t they? Totally understand that being a better fit! I got lucky while I was down there and happened to bump into a marine biologist and palaeontologist on the beach! Got a decent tour 😂

Being able to press your hand into fossilised dinosaur footprints is something else, isn’t it? 👌🏻

#Staffin #Skye #DinosaurFootprints #Hebrides #Scotland #HighlandsAndIslands

Show threadSeth Johnson Dec 21, 2022
@DrLygo Yes! We lucked out too. The tide was out and we were able to find one. We weren't so lucky. There were only a few teenagers hanging out but we all worked together and found it! 😄
Show threadNicki LygoDec 21, 2022
@seth Excellent pic and bravo on finding them. It’s not always easy I don’t think!
Show threadPeteWM1Dec 20, 2022
@DrLygo yes, went many many years ago in mid June. Climbed Sgùrr Dearg on The Cuillin and there was still snow on top. View was utterly amazing. Didn't have the nerve to climb the In Pinn though 😬
Show threadNicki LygoDec 21, 2022
@PeteWM1 That sounds amazing! I haven’t been up in the Cuillins at all. I can safely say I wouldn’t have the nerve for a lot of it. But the views look out of this world, so I might have to find the nerve!
Show threadPeteWM1Dec 21, 2022
@DrLygo as I said this was many years ago when I was much younger and fitter. Tbh, not sure I would have the energy nowadays. Sea level to 3k feet+ may be a bit beyond me sadly😧 The view was SO worth it though. Could see right out to the Outer Hebrides and beyond
Show threadjillfavDec 20, 2022
@DrLygo I like your idea. Can you guess where this is??
Show threadNicki LygoDec 21, 2022
@jillfavero Oh my word. I don’t know, but that’s stunning 🤩
Where is it?
Show threadLasse scheldeDec 20, 2022
@DrLygo IT sure looks like cuillin heights! ❤️
Show threadNicki LygoDec 21, 2022
@lasseschelde It’s The Old Man of Storr on the Trotternish peninsula. Highly recommended 🥰
Show threadLasse scheldeDec 21, 2022
@DrLygo thanks for clearing that up. Noted. I will check it out. 😊
Show threadLasse scheldeDec 21, 2022
@DrLygo at least I got the Island right.😅
Show threadNicki LygoDec 21, 2022
@lasseschelde You did indeed! 🙌🏻
Show threadAndy FraserDec 20, 2022
@DrLygo totally magic...when the midges aren't biting! If you didn't make to Camasunary - go next time! Or Loch Coruisk via The Bad Step - arctic terns, and the Cuillin Ridge snaking all around you. I love Skye.
Show threadNicki LygoDec 21, 2022
@andyfraser I would really love to. But I’m absolutely useless with exposure and heights. It’s ridiculously debilitating. Just looking across from Elgol made me giddy with the thought. I’m quite cross about it 😂 because I absolutely love being out on trails with big views. Just too much of a wimp 😉
Show threadQueen of Content - RachelDec 20, 2022
@DrLygo I have!! Although it wasn't that sunny when I went!
Show threadenmodo ⚛️ 🧬 🇺🇦 🍉Dec 20, 2022
@DrLygo I never realized there was anything so pointy there. My brother travelled Skye by bike in his youth - if I recall there's not a single tree growing there, or maybe just one? Or perhaps that's just an apocryphal tale?
Show threadNicki LygoDec 21, 2022

@enmodo Yeah, there are lots of pointy bits on Skye actually - several like this, created by massive landslips on the Trotternish Peninsula, and the Black Cuillins are pretty pointy!

And apocryphal tale I think! I totally get why you ask about trees - parts of Skye seem to have very few. But there are several areas of woodland and some pine forestry too I believe. I’ve only scratched the surface there and need to go and explore more! It’s so varied and so very beautiful.

Show threadCoopsDec 20, 2022
@DrLygo Was due to as part of a Roadtrip after running the West Highland Way Race in 2020... for obvious reasons that didn't happen. 😭
Someday. 👍
Show threadNicki LygoDec 20, 2022
@Runner_Coops Oh, that’s gutting. That would have been an ace race-chill plan 🙌🏻
Show threadCoopsDec 21, 2022
@DrLygo It really would have been. Still have that race & roadtrip on my radar for some day, plenty of time. 😀
Show threadNicki LygoDec 21, 2022
@Runner_Coops Worth hanging onto that plan all round. I’d love to go and wander the WHW. So many plans..!
Show threadEwen at LargeDec 27, 2022

@DrLygo

Bit of a walk that one. Not a bad patch of Scotland :)

Show threadTobyDec 27, 2022
@DrLygo I have 🥰