Visitor Book

Roy Tait   Torrin, Isle of Skye - 1^st January 2007  

Best wishes to all for a happy, healthy and prosperous 2007.

Gillian Grieve   Dunfermline, Scotland - 19^th September 2006  

What a super site. My husband is coming to Skye this weekend to climb Blaven. He has kept it for his last munro! Lots of information for him to read before he heads up the hill. As a non-hillwalker it’s also good for me to see where he is heading and to learn a wee bit more about the area.

Carly Mcewan   Monkton, Scotland - 12^th September 2006  

The Blue Shed Cafe is an excellent and peaceful place to be for morning coffee or lunch. Well recommended.

"Bolly"   Towcester, England - 9^th August 2006  

Some of my happiest schooldays in the early 80’s "lost" on Blaven with all mates from Sponne... how calm BZ & GJ stayed with 20 plus kids and fading light... after seeing the site I’ll be returning soon with my kids!

Jon Courthold   North Staffordshire, England - 25^th July 2006  

Just to say that I think your web cam looking east from Sabhal Mòr Ostaig College towards the Scottish mainland is fantastic. In just under a fortnight I will be visiting Skye and staying in Teangue looking out over a view that I expect to be very similar to that covered by your web cam only a few miles along the coast. Being able to see the changing scene and changing weather throughout the day over the last few weeks is really adding to the excitement of looking forward to my visit.

Brian Whyte   Northampton, England - 7^th July 2006  

First a very big thank you for a really excellent and informative site.
I studied the site extensively prior to our recent visit to Torrin and found it to be a great source of information and interest. Our week at Dunmhor (Torrin), on the shores of Loch Slappin, with its superb views of Blaven as it changed its mood throughout the day, was one of the many highlights of our week (almost as good as the boat trip on the "Misty Isle" to Loch Coruisk).
Hopefully we will return to Skye soon, this time with hillwalking in mind.

Edyth Harrison   Pentraeth, Anglesey, Wales - 19^th March 2006  

Came across this site whilst visiting the Donnie Munro site. I have been visiting Skye regularly for the last 15 years - I love it and feel very much at home there. Beautiful scenery, lovely Gaelic music (if I’m lucky enough to catch a concert by the local talent) and a chance to brush up on my Gaelic (a limited knowledge I regret). Hopefully will be back there this summer. Regards to Art Cormack and family and Donnie Munro of course, two of my very favourite singers.

Bob Dickson   Stirling, Scotland - 17^th March 2006  

This is one of the most informative web sites I have ever seen - I found it by chance whilst visiting Donnie Munro’s site. I have holidayed in Skye several times and have climbed Blaven. I particularly like the Torrin area. You obviously know this area very well! Keep up the good work.

David Burgoine   Wrestlingworth, Bedfordshire, England - 4^th March 2006  

For those of us who can’t get to Scotland as often as we would like, these web cams can still provide the excitement at seeing Scotland live and put the butterflies back in our bellies at the thought of another visit. Preferably another motor cycle tour!

Joe Dunn   Dundee, Scotland - 28^th February 2006  

What an amazing place, unspoiled and breathtaking.

Brian Kent   Bradford, England - 22^nd February 2006  

Every Easter my family spend a week at a holiday cottage at Ord Bay. The cottage is called "The Otters Place" and looks due west towards the Cuillin Hills. It is a magnificent view, with the most amazing sunsets I have ever seen. I am very surprised that no-one has ever put a web-cam on the headland behind the cottage!

Kenneth Couper   Alva, Scotland - 16^th February 2006  

I camped on the shore of Loch Slapin with my family in August 2005. The view of Blaven was breathtaking. We swam in the crystal clear burn beside Torrin. We had lunch at the Blue Shed. The view from the Blue Shed must be one of the best in Scotland. I look forward to my next visit to this part of Skye.

Jim Adams   Lowestoft, England - 15^th February 2006  

Great images. Reminds me of all our holidays which we take in Skye. Look forward to the new web cam positions.

Susan Rasdale   Kilsyth, Scotland - 31^st January 2006  

How wonderful to see the sun coming up over the loch and hills!! Wish I could be there and see it live... brilliant web site!

John Stoddart   Torrin, Isle of Skye - 21^st January 2006  

As a resident who’s ancestors have been in Torrin since records began it is nice to see something that is actually correct and up to date, thank you. Just for your information all the new children, are natives of Torrin parents who moved back to the village. I think that is very rare in this day and age of incomers.

Roy Tait   Torrin, Isle of Skye - 1^st January 2006  

Best wishes to all for a happy, healthy and prosperous 2006.

Karen Elise Soerensen   Kastrup, Denmark - 28^th November 2005  

I visited Skye in October and found my special place on earth. Our meeting was deep love at first sight and I know I will be living there in the near future. Skye is HOME to me now

Les Ellingham   Stafford, England - 16^th July 2005  

Thanks for a wonderfully composed website which was instrumental in the planning of a recent photographic trip to Skye.
I struck lucky with the weather and got some wonderful photographs along the seven miles which you can see at www.cankitaphotos.co.uk

Jim Lenehan   Kilsyth, Scotland - 16^th July 2005  

Visit Torrin on a regular basis. The most beautiful and stunning place on the planet. It is a honour to visit natures heaven. A spiritual Homeland. Thank you mother nature

David Smith   Huddersfield, England - 26^th June 2005  

Great site. Spent a lot of time on Skye from 1960 when I was at school. Only now do I discover I had relatives who lived there (Neil Maclean and wife Isabella Smith who ran the stores in Armadale until the mid 1960s)

Anthony Wright   Fakenham, England - 12^th June 2005  

I visited Skye last year really enjoyed a wonderful holiday. Visited Sligachan knowing the webcam was situated there and really felt a part of me was still there when checking pictures from it. Very disappointed that it is permanently off line. Any chance of viewing the wonderful Cuillins on any other sites or restoring!
(Webmaster comment: CamVista withdrew their popular Sligachan webcam in June 2005. Skye, in spite of its popularity and beauty, is now left with only only one webcam at Sabhal Mor Ostaig College. With the widespread availability of broadband on Skye, I have started discussions with a number of people regarding new webcams on the island)

Mark McBeth   Livingston, Scotland - 10^th June 2005  

A superb walk and scramble that would suit novices and hardened Munro baggers. A consistent ascent with breathtaking views from start to finish. Half an hour gets you to the foot of the mountain then an average ascent of the bottom takes you to a trickier scramble with 2 or 3 different paths to reach the top. I am by no means a professional but I have bagged 20 Munros and for scenery and conditions this was without doubt one of the very best. views of the Cuillins from the summit are phenomenal. A MUST!!!’

Mary Curran   Livingston, Scotland - 22^nd April 2005  

I love this site I wish you had more web cams on the island. I am from Skye and have lots of family still there

Barbara Crighton   Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, Australia - 15^th January 2005  

I have only just discovered your Blaven website and it is absolutely great!
My family are Mackinnons from Kilbride and my grandfather named his sheep property in NSW Blaaven (sic). Also another member of the family called his property Blaaven in Victoria, and it still has the name, and a big signpost at the gateway. So my husband and I are continuing the tradition by calling our place in the Blue Mountains near Sydney - Blá Bheinn!! I decided to use the Gaelic spelling in order to promote the language in a small way

Thomas Bell Ferguson   Dumfries, Scotland - 15^th January 2005  

I first came to the Isle of Skye in the year 1945, staying with relatives at Eabost, Loch Bracadale. There was no running water and we drew water from a nearby well. Lighting was by Tilley lamp and methylated spirit lamp, and candles were used to light our way to bed. Despite the lack of modern conveniences (no inside OR outside toilets) I fell in love with the place and can remember the great excitement when my summer holidays drew near when yet another visit to The Misty Isle was to be made. The happiest times of my life were spent on this magical island and when the sun deigned to appear it was a paradise on earth!!!’

Bella Mclean   Elgin, Scotland - 11^th January 2005  

Looking for Skye webcams brought me here and what a wonderful site for all of us who love Skye and its mountains, especially Blaven, with a passion - I will be here often and am so glad I found you

Pam Mcivor   Glenrothes, Scotland - 7^th January 2005  

The hospitality in Skye surpasses most other places have been a few times and never been disappointed originally came to visit Skye thru the music of Donnie Munro. When he sang with Runrig the island brought the songs to life and gave them more meaning

Magnus Smith   Steinkjer, Norway - 7^th January 2005  

Bra si ja:)

Roy Tait   Torrin, Isle of Skye - 1^st January 2005  

Very best wishes for a happy, healthy and prosperous 2005