Scotland Magazine author Graham Simmons

Not so blue Skye

Australian travel writer Graham Simmons wanted to see Skye up close and personal. So he and his friends hiked their way around it.

Few places on earth call forth such lyrical longing as the Isle of Skye. The colours of Skye are a total eye-symphony – lime-green moss on weathered black rocks, yellow-dock spikes and red hawthorn berries, and the emerald shades of fir and pine trees over grassy meadows. Sadly, the same cannot alwa...

Scottish Travel from Issue 13 published on 25/3/2004