Manchester/Scotland 2025 - Isle of Skye Tour Glen Sligachan and The Cuillin (2/3)

Walking between where our bus left us, and where the Sligachan bridges are, in the midway point, you could venture out further and towards the mountains, and here you will see the statue of Collie and MacKenzie. I love this photo of them above. I don't really know who they were when I visited this place, but now that I've finished watching The Outlander Season 1, I can better appreciate the history of The Highlands. Our guide did told us the stories of the clans of the Highlands and the Battle of Cullonden and the Jacobite Rising, but it was still hard to really imagine it. But after watching the series, and being on those Highland, boy do you really remember them well!

Some of the photos of the incredible landscape here. It was hard to pick which to upload here. Everything was just so breathtaking here. 

 

You can see the statue of the two man in the middle, as well as the path to walk there. It was pretty call to walk out into the open area. It was still early morning, so I was glad the wind wasn't too strong when we were there. 

Here is a different view, with some adjustment of the saturation of the photo. I've been toying with a lot of my photos recently as my mobile camera is pretty shite. I'm using a Pixel 9a phone, that seems to take photos with dark mode on, making everything look so gloomy. I have had to edit almost every single photo I wanted to post because of this, and so have come to learn how to tune exposure and saturation and contrast to enhance the photos I've taken. 

The official info of Collie and MacKenzie. There are so many clans on the Highlands. On top of my head, these are the ones I can recall: Campbell, MacDonalds, MacKenzie, and Collies. After watching Outlander, I know can recall Fraser and Stuart/Steward. Actually on our little tour, there was a family of MacKenzie from the US with us. I'm now also familiar with the story of Bonnie Prince Charles, and Queen Mary. I tell you, travelling is good for expending your knowledge and your world, as do reading and watching historical series :P

Walking all the up to the area of the statue beyond that gate.

The two friends looking out towards the mountain. Here is a nice write up from another blog about these two historical figure. No point for me to write it up in my own words again when the stories are already out there :P

A close up side view.

And a wefie of me and my husband with the statue and the mountains behind us. I guess it's kinda true, it's hard to get a good photo of yourself in Scotland because the wind here is crazy!