Has anyone cycled in Skye? Scotland

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loch eck steve
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Re: Has anyone cycled in Skye? Scotland

Post by loch eck steve »

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 :wink:

:D :D :D
JohnW
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Re: Has anyone cycled in Skye? Scotland

Post by JohnW »

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.
Cyril Haearn
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Re: Has anyone cycled in Skye? Scotland

Post by Cyril Haearn »

Do Skye people talk about 'going to Scotland' or 'going to the mainland'?
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bogmyrtle
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Re: Has anyone cycled in Skye? Scotland

Post by bogmyrtle »

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.
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