Wedding photos are still a work in progress, but here are some of our wonderful trip to Skye afterwards. (We’re still not really sure whether this counted as a honeymoon or not and reserve the right to have another one at a later date!)

We spent the first day just pottering around the coast near our cottage. Shore around Tarskavaig Bay

Mountains!

More shore and views across the Cuillin Sound (Rum was in cloud, but we saw plenty of it later!)

Looking towards Elgol

The Cuillin from Tarskavaig headland

Ruined castle near Tokavaig

Loch Ghabhsgabhaig (where we later went for a very cold swim)

View from our cottage south along the west coast of Sleat

Rum making an appearance in the evening

Aird, start of our walk to the Point of Sleat

Sea and sunshine

Beautiful Camas Daraich, which we visited on our return

Reaching the Point, with Eigg beyond

Rum

Everything a beach should be: small, sandy, clear, empty and surrounded by mountains

Skinny dipping pictures not included

Drying off

Sound of Sleat and Mallaig

Picturesque bay near Armadale, with Knoydart beyond

On the way home: Loch Dhughaill and the Black Cuillin

Beach at Achnacloich

Windows and wood and beer 🙂

One of many wonderful sunsets

We couldn’t resist the ridge, of course… An early drive round to Torrin brought us to the base of Blaven at alpenglow time

Sunrise over Loch Slapin and Torrin

Blaven, Clach Glas and Sgurr nan Each

Looking for the path

Allt Aigeinn and Loch Slapin

We scrambled up the north buttress of Sgurr nan Each

The traverse ahead (Clach Glas hiding in front of Blaven)

Red Cuillin

View north from Sgurr nan Each

Scrambling with a view

The main ridge was cloud-capped for most of the day

Loch an Athain

Can’t get enough of this view

Famous hole

Black, red and cloud

Slabby bits near the top of Clach Glas

Picking our way down

The Putting Green

Final chimney of the route – suitably slimy and scrabbly!

Near the top

We ran down just in time to make ourselves presentable before a fantastic evening at Kinloch Lodge

At the start of a walk to Dalavil, looking across the Sound of Sleat to Loch Nevis

Loch a’ Ghlinne

Beautiful trees at the edge of Coille Dalavil

Dave found some sheep to follow to the coast

Still following them

Seaweed

Back through Coille Dalavil

Autumn colours

Knock Bay

Beach just in front of our cottage

We came back a few minutes later for an evening swim and found four dolphins in the bay!

Back on the ridge for our last day: Sgurr nan Gillean and Am Basteir

Marsco and the Red Cuillin

Getting closer

Onto the rock: start of Pinnacle Ridge

Glen Sligachan

Abseiling from the third pinnacle into nowhere

Somwhere on Knight’s Peak?

Descending the upper west ridge of Sgurr nan Gillean (it soon got more interesting…)

Sgurr a’ Fionn Choire and the far side of the ridge

Descending the slabs of the Basteir Tooth

Finding the final abseil

Coire a’ Bhasteir

King’s Chimney

View back to Sgurr a; Fionn Choire, Bealach nan Lice, Am Basteir and Sgurr nan Gillean

Summit of Bruach na Frithe

Amazing

The view southwest towards Loch Scavaig

Sun between layers of cloud, and Glen Brittle

Looking towards Carbost in the setting sun