Camping on Isle of Skye Part 1

Well, as promised, here is the post about my camping trip to the Isle of Skye in Northwest Scotland. A couple of weeks ago, my buddy from the university and I decided to go for a weekend camping trip to the Isle of Skye. We had our exam on Friday and hit the road immediately following exams. It was a 4.5-5 hour drive to get there and on the way up we saw several herds of deer. I managed to capture some AMAZING photos of some of the stags and the scenery on the way up, including a couple of photos of Eilean Donan Castle on the water. We drove into Skye at about 8.30pm and found a camp site that was only £6 per person to pitch a tent for the night. We had portable grills and cooked burgers with haggis patties on top along with a couple beers each. Great first night of camping! In the morning, we woke up, packed the tent and drove up to a town named Uig. Near Uig, there was a Glen called the Fairy Glen. We arrived to this so called "Miniature Scotland" and it was exactly just that! Small rolling hills with ruffled grass and a small loch in the middle of it all. It was a small scale Scotland in the middle of nowhere! We explored the area for about an hour and left. After Seeing the Fairy Glen, we drove to the Old Man of Storr where we hiked up about 2,500 feet and explored the giant rocks for about 2 hours. It was absolutely amazing! After hiking Storr, we stopped at Kilt Rock and took some photos of the waterfall that pours into the North Sea. We then headed to our next camp site in Glen Brittle. On the way to Glen Brittle, we stopped at the Fairy Pool trail head and hiked down the trail until we reached a series of blue pools of water and waterfalls everywhere! There were several pools that were quite deep. I'd say about a 10ft depth...trust me, I know! Ah, yes, about that... Well, we stopped at the first deep pool where there was a waterfall. I told myself before we left Edinburgh that I would jump in the Fairy Pools no matter what the temperature was. After gathering up enough courage, we both took turns jumping into the pool. I must say, it was the coldest swim I have EVER taken in my entire life! It literally felt as if I was covered in hot needles! The part of my body that felt the most pain was in my feet. I jumped out yelling and after about 5 min I felt amazingly refreshed! I've got photos to prove this...will post them soon! After the Fairy Pools, we drove to the camp site and pitched our tent. We then played French Pool on the beach whilst drinking beers, which is a grand game! After about an hour of that, we decided to go for a walk along the coast and check out the waterfalls that were nearby. This was at 8.30pm at night and it was still light out. We began our walk, what we thought was just an ordinary walk but ended up being so much more than ORDINARY! While we were walking, my buddy spotted a sheep in the distance lying on its side and thought it was dead. I saw it as well and it looked quite bloated. We started walking closer and the sheep's head popped up and she looked right at us for about 2 seconds and then put her head back down. That wasn't a normal response because the sheep on Skye are always running from you! So my buddy went around the backside from about 20 yards away and didn't see anything. However, upon closer inspection, I got closer and saw that there was a lamb's head sticking out! I yelled to my buddy and we dropped our stuff. I told him to go around the back and that I would approach from the front and tackle her. He approached from behind and she saw me getting closer and decided to try and bolt. As she began to run, my buddy dove at her and grabbed onto her fleece and was about to lose her...until she got to me. She ran right at me and I just dove into her and tackled her to the ground. She wouldn't go down at first so I had to reach and grab her leg and pull it out from under her. She finally went down and I restrained her while my buddy pulled the lamb out. The lamb came out, he handed it to me while he checked for a twin. I tried reviving it and massaging its chest, but the head and mouth were ice cold. The ewe must have been pushing for a while and was unable to pass the lamb. Sadly, the lamb was dead. We left her to lick the lamb and headed on our merry way. What a crazy end to a day! We got back to the campsite, washed off and went to bed. Will type the rest of the trip in Part 2!!!