https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... rism-surge
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-40874488
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/1538 ... t_numbers/
Has anyone cycled in Skye? Scotland
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Re: Has anyone cycled in Skye? Scotland
Cyril Haearn wrote:loch eck steve wrote:Cyril Haearn wrote:Skye is huge and only has 10 000 inhabitants!
Plus 60 000 tourists A WEEK in high season !!!
How many overnights?
Got a plan: get even more people to go to Skye, keep q u i e t about Rhum Eigg Jura Lewis Harris NorthUist, SouthUist Ardnamurchan (nearly an island) &c &c
Re: Has anyone cycled in Skye? Scotland
loch eck steve wrote:Cyril Haearn wrote:Skye is huge and only has 10 000 inhabitants!
Plus 60 000 tourists A WEEK in high season !!!
And what does that make - 15,000 cars? Talk about misery - not for the motorists of course, but for those who suffer.
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Re: Has anyone cycled in Skye? Scotland
Do Skye people talk about 'going to Scotland' or 'going to the mainland'?
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Cycling-of course, but it is far better on a Gillott
We love safety cameras, we hate bullies
Cycling-of course, but it is far better on a Gillott
We love safety cameras, we hate bullies
Re: Has anyone cycled in Skye? Scotland
Cyril Haearn wrote:Do Skye people talk about 'going to Scotland' or 'going to the mainland'?
Neither. They talk about where they're to by place name.
A bike does more miles to the banana than a Porsche.