Landscape

Ardvasar 1 of 2

2026-07-102026-07-02Sherry Felix11 Comments

Marc didn’t enjoy driving on the narrow, single-lane road to Ardvasar. The challenging drive was well worth it. Ardvasar is the main village on the southern Sleat Peninsula of Skye. The village is reached by a scenic single-track road through woodland and along the coast, with views across to Knoydart. Key features include the Ardvasar Food Store, Community Hall, historic Ardvasar Hotel, residential areas, and views over the Sound of Sleat. The road continues to Aird of Sleat, a viewpoint and walking destination.

I enhanced the second photograph of the bare tree to bring it out. Marc loves walls. His photograph is the second to last.

Duntulm Castle

2026-07-092026-07-09Sherry Felix14 Comments

Duntulm Castle sits on a rocky promontory near the settlement of Duntulm on Skye’s Trotternish Peninsula, protected by cliffs and a ditch on the landward side. The ruins are now unstable and much reduced from their condition in the 1880s, due to stone reuse, erosion, and collapse, including a tower falling into the sea in 1990. The site may have origins as an Iron Age fort, later used by the Norse, the MacLeods, and then the MacDonalds of Sleat, who improved the castle before abandoning it around 1730. Local legends connect the ruins with tragic deaths and ghosts, including a nursemaid and Hugh MacDonald. Duntulm Castle – Wikipedia for details. You’ll have to imagine seeing the doors on the castle.

The museum was fun: The Skye Museum of Island Life – An Old Highland Village

For Dan’s Thursday Doors: Old Sturbridge Village 6-26 – No Facilities.

Isle of Skye Scenes’

2026-07-082026-06-29Sherry Felix12 Comments

An assortment from the Isle of Skye, Scotland.

Armadale Garden

2026-07-072026-06-29Sherry Felix4 Comments

My favorite part of Armadale Castle, Gardens, Museum on Skye was the gardens. There were lots of birds there too. The fallen trees felled by a storm are covered with a myriad of species of moss and lichen. Spring bluebells are a favorite of mine.

Bothy

2026-07-042026-07-01Sherry Felix9 Comments

I booked a few days at Caberfeidh – MacKenzie’s Bothy Holiday Let, Bedford, Isle of Skye, Scotland. It was a once-in-a-lifetime treat. There was a pair of grass armchairs outside. We could birdwatch while sitting inside. I made many photographs of the changing skies.