Trotternish

Cleat & Bioda Buidhe near the Quiraing, (looking towards The Storr, The Sound of Raasay and the Isle of Raasay) in the Trotternish peninsula on the Isle of Skye.

I'm not sure Skye likes me. Last time I visited it rained solid the entire time and visibility was no more than a few hundred yards. This time it was a little clearer (at times), but I still ended up soaked through to my underwear (not good when you're camping with no change of clothes). 

My camera bag broke, my car door handle broke off and my camera went haywire from the damp. It's hard to get the shot when you can't change half the settings and the other buttons act randomly! Though, to be fair, I only went to check things out for a 'proper' visit later on - so getting any shots was a bonus.

Anyway, here's the first from my first ever photographic trip to the Isle of Skye. This was taken from the Quiraing - a landslip on the eastern face of Meall na Suiramach, the northernmost summit of the Trotternish on the Isle of Skye. The whole of the Trotternish Ridge escarpment was formed by a great series of landslips; the Quiraing is the only part of the slip still moving, the road at its base, near Flodigarry, requires repairs each year. Quiraing (in Gaelic, Cuith-Raing) comes from Old Norse Kvi Rand, which means Round Fold. Within the fold is The Table, an elevated plateau hidden amongst the pillars. It is said that the fold was used to conceal cattle from Viking raiders.