Revealing how accessible Skye is For All
Located in the village of Dunvegan the Giant MacAskill Museum is a favourite place for visitors to Skye. Open Easter to October it is well worth a visit if you are passing through Dunvegan. Despite the museum being in an old thatched croft house there is plenty of space inside for wheelchairs and mobility aids.
Continue reading “Giant MacAskill Museum”Dunvegan Castle is a top visitor attraction on the Isle of Skye and we are long overdue a visit. The ancestral home of the Chiefs of Clan MacLeod for over 800 years the castle and gardens are full of history. Be sure to check their website for the most up to date information about opening hours, tickets etc before you visit.
Dun Beag Broch is an excellent example of an Iron Age Round Tower on Skye. It still has a good amount of the walls intact. A very short walk from the car park you can go back in time and see how our ancestors lived. Visible on the skyline from the car park it is an easy walk to the bottom of the rocky outcrop on which it stands.
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Situated on the A87 just 9 miles from Kyle of Lochalsh and the Skye Bridge, Eilean Donan Castle is a Scottish icon. The castle itself is not accessible for wheelchair users but if you can manage stairs it is definitely worth a try.
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Another place not to be missed on a trip around the Trotternish Peninsula are the ruins of Bornesketaig Church. Visible from Kilmuir Cemetery and just a short distance from the A855. It is an ideal quick visit and then take a picnic down to Camus Mor on the shore. It is not accessible for wheelchair users due to the uneven terrain and large building stones strewn around. Sarah did well with her sticks as the church is only a few metres from the roadside.
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The forecast was for grey skies and showers so we headed up the west side of Trotternish. There are a few Places of Interest around Kilmuir township which are wheelchair accessible. Sarah managed most with her rollator or walking sticks. We will explain out findings one place at a time so you can decide. The first place we stopped at was the 2000 year old Kilvaxter Souterrain.
Continue reading “Kilvaxter Souterrain”SkyeSkyns was established in 1983 and is now the sole remaining commercial woolskin tannery in Scotland. Now run by the second generation of the Hartwell family it is a year round visitor attraction on the Isle of Skye. Situated on the beautiful Waternish peninsula SkyeSkyns and the Yurt is well worth a visit. Disabled access is tricky but we are sure you can make the best of it.
The good summer weather has bypassed Skye in recent weeks so our walk was taken under leaden skies and occasional sunshine. We found a lovely farm track which crosses open land and forest between Skeabost Cemetery and the Struan road and which proved to be very accessible in so many ways. Here is how we coped on the Skeabost Cemetery Track.
If you like exploring old graveyards the one at Trumpan Church is a good one. It is a very small, ruin of a church and has a great and dark history. Tucked away at the end of the Waternish peninsula it is well worth a visit. On a clear day the views across The Minch to the Western Isles are superb.
Continue reading “Trumpan Church”According to a stone erected on St Columba’s Isle, it is the ancient burial ground and site of the Cathedral Church of the Bishop of the Isles from 1079 to 1498. Similarly ancient is the mortuary chapel of the Nicolson’s Aisle. Here according to tradition 28 chiefs of that clan are buried. Hidden away on the banks of the River Snizort it is a peaceful place, often missed by those whizzing along the main road between Dunvegan and Portree.
