#kyleakin

[timetravelphotography]

Skye Bridge | Kyleakin, UK

August 2007

July 2009

August 2013

[dignissimosviagens]

SOMENTE A ESCÓCIA PARA TIRAR O STRESS

[nadhie]

there's two people flying a kite, high as a kite

they are living the fucking dream this scottish summer morning

[scotianostra]

Good Morning from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Kyleakin Harbour at Dawn

📸Serendigity on Flickr

[thesilicontribesman]

Prehistoric Keg and Bog Butter, Kyleakin, National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh

In 1884, a bronze cauldron was found in a peat bog at Kyleakin on the Isle of Skye, along with several wooden kegs containing butter. One of these kegs survives, and the butter within it has been dated to 225 to 401 CE (around 1,600 to 1,800 years ago). The preservation of the wooden container is particularly important as it gives us an insight into the different woodworking techniques being used in the Iron Age.

[sky-kenobye]

Sorry for the awful pun but I was on the isle of Skye in scotland and drove through a place called Kyleakin so: Scottish Anakin is called

Kyleakin Skyewalker

[crazyprinceruins-blog]

 Kyleakin - Isle Of Skye

[hinge]

Hinge presents an anthology of love stories almost never told. Read more on https://no-ordinary-love.co

[ey-tu-chupalohh]

 Kyleakin - Isle Of Skye

[copperthistle]

5/11/19

📍The sunrise at Kyleakin, Isle of Skye

[timetravelphotography]

Caisteal Maol | Kyleakin, UK

August 2007

July 2009

[dignissimosviagens]

EXPLORANDO KYLEAKIN NA ESCÓCIA

Conhecendo Kyleakin na Escócia! O nosso bairro aqui na Escócia é extremamente simples e pequeno, mas é um lugar incrível para explorar e descansar. Não esqueça o repelente para os midges quando vier para Skye e também de uma boa reserva de dinheiro porque as coisas aqui não são muito baratas.

[hinge]

Hinge presents an anthology of love stories almost never told. Read more on https://no-ordinary-love.co

[azvolrien]

The day of the Storr was my last full day on Skye. I had to check out of the cottage by 10, but I woke up earlier than I’d intended so I was already long gone by then. I stopped for a little while in Kyleakin, the small town which was once the ferry port from Kyle of Lochalsh, rendered unnecessary with the opening of the elegant Skye Bridge. It’s pretty quiet now, with the ruined Castle Moil overlooking the harbour.

[scotianostra]

On October 16th 1995 the Bridge to the Isle of Skye opened.

Prior to the opening of the bridge the main route to Skye was by the ferry between the 2 villages Kyle of Lochalsh and Kyleakin. The ferry service was operated by Caledonian MacBrayne the short route of about 500m took 5min, at peak times there was often queues to use the ferry.

The bridge construction started in 1992 built by the Scottish company Miller, but designed by a German engineering company DYWIDAG Systems International in collaboration with civil engineering firm Arup.

The main bridge is a concrete arch, supported by two piers. This connect Skye to the small island called Eilean Bàn, the rest of the bridge is level across to the mainland. The total distance across is 1.5 miles. The main arch is about 35m high with around 30m clearance for boats on high tide.

Eilean Bàn (White Island) is the small island upon which the main arch of the bridge rests.

The island has a 21m high lighthouse just below the bridge arch. The lighthouse keepers (before automation in the 1960s) stayed in the cottages on the Island. These cottages where then purchased by Gavin Maxwell who is best remembered for is work with otters. Maxwell did many interesting things including writing wildlife books, his most famous is called "The Ring of Bright Water”.

These days the island is a wildlife reserve being managed by the Bright Water Trust. One of the cottages is now the Maxwell museum. This is a reconstruction of Maxwell’s 40ft living room, containing original artefacts, recreated by Virginia Mckenna of the Born Free foundation.

Most people wanted the bridge, but the way in which it was funded was conversional. Rather than the UK government paying for it, the government allowed it to be privately funded. Then granted a licence for the private company to charge tolls. It was said to be the most expensive road bridge in Europe.

This clearly upset many people. Locals on Skye setup a campaign group called SKAT (Skye and Kyle Against Tolls). After years of campaigning, legal challenges and then the setup of the new Scottish parliament in 1999 the leading political parties made it a priority to have the tolls abolished.

On the 21st of December 2004 the bridge was purchased by the Scottish Government and made free to cross.

[matagonia]

Vintage travel poster of the Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, for British Railways ca. 1950s.  Artwork by Kenneth Steel (1906-1973).

[stephenfrench]

Beer with a view on Isle of Skye

[hinge]

Hinge presents an anthology of love stories almost never told. Read more on https://no-ordinary-love.co

[paolobrand]

Back over the sea to Skye at last after 27 long years. Back then there was no bridge, just the ferry. Photo of that coming later... So in that chilled summer of 1992 my Dad and I hiked the #cuillins, visited every castle, were enveloped in mist up the #storr, then watched #linfordchristie finally win #Olympic gold at the famous Sligachan Hotel 🥇 It’s a good day to return o’er these seas, as after days of poor weather, the skies have lifted and Scotland is showing why she’s the most beautiful part of the world ❤️💙 #isleofskye #skye #hebrides #innerhebrides #kyleoflochalsh #sligachan #kyleakin #papastorr #overtheseatoskye #seaside #island #scotland #hame #scotland2019 (at Isle of Skye) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1YkuxxFYaw/?igshid=i2g825mgxrke