Uig, the gateway to the isles....
It is doubtful that my lodging for Monday/Tuesday has anything like a decent internet connection (if at all) so I'm posting this from a damp and windy Uig. That means that you lucky people get to read the last part of Coming Out from Undercover a day early... Good Eh.
Uig is on of two places to get a ferry to the Northern Islands of the Outer Hebrides. What is Uig?
It is on the North West coast of the Island of Skye.
To be precise 57.585064N, 6.356953W
The weather today has been iffy to say the least. Several Squalls rolled in from the Atlantic as I rode (motorcycle) north. Ugh in Uig!
This part of the world is really beautiful if... if it was not raining, windy and the cloudbase over the Culins was under 500ft.
Still, I managed to get a fleeting view of a White Tailed Sea Eagle from the shore near the Talisker Distillery (I don't drink the stuff so was totally sober). Sort of made my day and made getting wet worth it.
I hope that the conclusion to my story meets everyone expectations.
Samantha
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Multiple Thanks
My one click of Thanks really reflects the thanks for the one day early post as well as thanks (as well as aw shucks) the conclusion of another wonderful story! Enjoy the sparkling summer weather!
Read and commented on.
So is Uig the actual name or does it stand for something?
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It actually is the full name - the Western Isles have a long history of migration so although the common language is Gaelic from Ireland circa 8th century, a large number of place names are Norse. I think Uig is like Wick but I'm probably wrong, such is the complexity of linguistics!
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According to Wikipedia "The name is thought to be derived from Old Norse vík, which means bay or inlet. It was thus originally the same placename as Wick, Highland, Vik, Sogn og Fjordane and Vík í Mýrdal."
Interesting that there is another Uig on the Isle of Lewis and another on the island of Coll. Those Norse got around, especially in the west of Scotland (not to mention Orkney and Shetland).
Sounds beautiful,
But not much different from Brittany In April. Here we have a heatwave with beautifully cear skies and a "warm" channel (sort of). Have a nice ride, I think the shit coming in from the Atlantic has changed direction.
Hugs, Monique.
Monique S