Writing exercise from the topic “Surprise Trips to Skye”.<\/p>\n
We\u2019d go to bed and wake up in the car, still wearing our pyjamas, wrapped up in a blanket and cuddled up with our headrests, ladybird for me and sheep for my little brother. The windows would be steamed up from everyone\u2019s heavy breathing – it was usually too cold to open one – and we’d be able to see the sea and the Cuillin Mountains ahead if it was a clear day. They\u2019d always park in the same spot in Portree, so we\u2019d know where we were the second we\u2019d open our eyes.<\/p>\n
We never knew when we\u2019d come. Sometimes it\u2019d be in the middle of a school week, sometimes it\u2019d be on a weekend during the Easter holidays. When Mum and Clarky would finally wake up \u2013 they\u2019d been driving all night so they always passed out as soon as we arrived \u2013 we\u2019d usually wake them up, chat, get all excited about our surprise trip, and play games such as the running joke concerning their favourite band, Runrig, several of which\u2019s band members were from the Isle of Skye. More on that later.<\/p>\n
Our favourite mountain on the island was the Old Man of Storr. Maybe you\u2019ve heard of it. We\u2019d climb it pretty much every time we went there. It was a fairly easy hike, with a forest path and the huge rock resting on top, which is what the mountain is named after. As a kid I remember seeing the odd eagle or two up there.<\/p>\n
Another mountain we liked, but which was way more difficult, was Bentiannebeig, which you can see from Portree, Skye’s largest town. We\u2019ve climbed it once or twice, and were always so exhausted afterwards that we\u2019d go to Aros for hot chocolate afterwards. Aros is brilliant \u2013 it’s a sort of entertainment centre just outside of Portree; it has a tiny cinema, where I remember we went to see Disney\u2019s Tarzan once \u2013 a gift shop selling notebooks, pens, toys, guide books and all sorts of cool stuff, a restaurant and a play park outside. There was also a forest walk behind it, which I\u2019m not sure if we ever did or not. I have a feeling we never finished it, because if there was anywhere on Skye that was left unexplored, my imagination would run wild, and I\u2019d imagine it to be filled with magical trees and wizards, fantasy creatures and caves filled with treasure. Looking back, it was probably just a forest.<\/p>\n
Sometimes we\u2019d take the beach walk near Donnie Munro\u2019s house. Donnie Munro used to be the lead singer of Runrig, which Clarky and Mum would always listen to in the car on those little cassette tapes \u2013 do you remember those? Anytime I hear Runrig I think of trips to Skye. Writing exercise from the topic “Surprise Trips to Skye”. We\u2019d go to bed and wake up in the car, still wearing our pyjamas, wrapped up in a blanket and cuddled up with our headrests, ladybird for me and sheep for … Continue reading
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