Once Johnson reached the West Highlands, there were few roads, none at all on the Isle of Skye, and so they traveled by horseback, usually along the ridge of a hill with a local guide who knew the terrain and the best route for the season.
In the west its distribution reaches the British mainland (including Skye and some minor Scottish islands, but excluding Ireland and the major Scottish islands), while in the east it extends to Lake Baykal in central Siberia, Mongolia, and, in the south-east, Anatolia and the northern Iranian mountains.
Carrock Fell’s geology is unique in the Lake District in that it is predominantly composed of Gabbro, a rough igneous rock that also makes up the famous Black Cuillin on the Isle of Skye.
The Highland Land League had started in the Isle of Skye and in 1884 protest action was much more widespread with many thousands of crofters became members of the Highland Land League.
McLeod's mother was from Bolton in East Lothian and his father was from the Isle of Skye.
The cave is located about one kilometer southeast of the village of Torrin, near Kilbride.
In 1895 the West Highlands proposed building a line from Fort William to Mallaig, the Highland objecting as it would compete with their line to Strome Ferry and its planned extension to Kyle of Lochalsh on journeys to Skye.
At the end of the 1960s MacLeod was reunited with Donovan who whisked him off, with a group of other old friends, to the Isle of Skye.
In the early 1880s agitation began in Skye (then in the county of Inverness) and there it became persistent and threatened to spread throughout the Hebrides and the Highlands.
By contrast, the traverse of the Cuillin Ridge on Skye demands use of a rope at one point at least, and is not for the inexperienced scrambler.
Most parts of Skye have spectacular views over the Adelaide metropolis, reaching to Spencer Gulf.
It forms a green wedge between Skye and Cranbourne West, which is in the neighboring municipality of the City of Casey.
An ineffectual science teacher William Lamb (Will Hay) is hired by a school recently transferred because of World War II to the remote Dunbain Castle on the Isle of Skye, Scotland.
They then passed into the highlands and spent several weeks on various islands in the Hebrides, including Skye, Coll, and Mull.
The combatants are dispersed with no bloodshed only by the combined offices of Lord Ronald himself, aided by a visiting Abbot: whereupon Bruce quickly removes himself to first the Island of Sky, and then Ayrshire: raising the an army willing to rout the English and re-establish fight for Scottish independence.
The show takes place on the fictional island of Ronansay off the coast of Skye.
Aside from the local stage carriage, West Coast Motors has since 1986 run express services on behalf of Citylink, predominantly on the Campbeltown to Glasgow service, but also on routes serving Oban, Dundee, Edinburgh, Fort William, Inverness and the Isle of Skye.
What Men Deserve To Lose is the fifth album by Scottish Celtic fusion group Peatbog Faeries, recorded in Roag on the Isle of Skye, and was released on 16 July 2007, though the album had been sold at festivals, and from the band's website, since 22 June.
Wimund's bishopric of the Isles had its seat on the Isle of Skye.
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In the British Isles, it is only known to occur in a few locations in the Cuillin Ridge of the Isle of Skye.
The song's title, "Billy S." stands for Billy Shakespeare, a reference to William Shakespeare, whom Skye refers to throughout the song.
As objects they are very easy to transport and a few have been found on Iona, Skye, Harris, Uist, Lewis, Arran, Hawick, Wigtownshire and fifteen from Orkney.
Cindy would later die but not before falling in love with and marrying Skye's uncle Stuart Chandler (David Canary), who adopts Scott.
Whelan now lives in a cottage in a hamlet called Skye of Curr, located near to the village of Dulnain Bridge, in the highlands of Scotland, with his long-term partner, Philippa Clark.
Near the birth Skye called her adoptive grandfather, Edward Quartermaine, and the call was traced by Alcazar.
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In November 2012, Lila Rae returned to Port Charles with Skye to meet her family and attend Edward Quartermaine's funeral.
Ashley Abraham called it 'the Matterhorn of Skye', (a description which is often still used).
Clan MacInnes remains without a Chief, and many of the clan scattered to Appin, Craignish, Lochaber and Skye, but some of the clan continued to occupy the castle.
It tells the story of the hero Cuchulainn’s journey to the Hebridean island of Skye, where he seeks to learn the arts of war from the Scythian warrior woman Scáthach.
Most of the area to the north and east of the Lordship, that is Skye, Ross, Badenoch and Urquhart, was under the control of Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan, famously known as the "Wolf of Badenoch".
His fellow captive, Conamail, is thought to have been the son of Cano Garb – who gave his name to the protagonist of the romance Scéla Cano meic Gartnáin – of Cenél nGartnait, a kindred based in Skye.
Police action in January 1883 proved ineffective and eventually a government official was sent to Skye on board the navy gunboat HMS Jackal to conduct negotiations.
In the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode "The Hub", a sign that says "H.A.M.M.E.R." appears in a scene in which Phil Coulson and Skye are walking through the titular base.
The son of George MacKenzie and Williamina Sutherland was educated on the Isle of Erraid Public School, in Argyll, the Aird Public School on the Isle of Lewis, the Nicolson Institute in Stornoway and the Portree High School in Skye.
During one of his trips to Skye he met his future wife, Marcella McLellan of Gillean, near the township of Tarskavaig.
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It is known that he had several dogs of the Skye Terrier breed at his Edinburgh home and it is possible that he brought them from Skye with his wife.
Charles Peregrine Courtenay, Lord Courtenay (b. 1975), who is married to Allison Joy, Lady Courtenay, (A.J.) née Langer, with 2 children: a daughter, The Hon. Joscelyn Skye Courtenay (b. 31 January 2007), and a son, The Hon.
The suspicions were confirmed, and by the end of the year, the disease had spread to an additional fifteen farms not only on the Scottish mainland but also on Skye and Shetland.
;Skye Champion, voiced by Melissa Disney: The youngest Champion, Skye is a punk rocker who convinces Taurus to come out of retirement and help track down Groove.
In the autumn he set out to visit western Inverness-shire, the islands of Skye, North Uist, South Uist and Benbecula.
MacLeod died at the age of 46 and was buried at Old Kilmuir Cem, Dunvegan, Skye, Scotland.
In Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, police detective Ema Skye constantly eats karinto on duty (the snack was localized as chocolate-flavored "Snackoos").
Angus has practised as a doctor in Cape Breton and in Skye, and is involved with the Donald MacDonald Quaich and the John MacFadyen Memorial Piping Trust.
Most of her life was spent at Dunvegan, Skye, but at one time she was exiled by her chief to Mull for being too profuse in her praise of his relative, Sir Norman Macleod of Bernera.
Two years after the events of the previous film, Skye Rotter (Lauren McKnight) is moving out of her boyfriend, Brigg (Chris Zylka), and his family's house to New York City for college with her new friend, the free spirited Sienna, (Jillian Rose Reed), whom she met on craigslist.
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As she is on the road, Skye receives a call from her estranged sister, Alex Bell (Kirsten Prout), who Skye has not spoken to since the past two years.
A self-described fan of a wide range of music, members of L.A. Guns, W.A.S.P., White Lion and Black Line appeared at Skye's birthday at the Universal CityWalk.
There is no standard variety of Scottish Gaelic; although statements below are about all or most dialects, the north-western dialects (Hebrides, Skye and the Northwest Highlands) are discussed more than others as they represent the majority of speakers.
Shark City is a comedy written by Evan Shear starring Jefferson Brown, David Phillips, Carlo Rota, Corey Haim, Vivica A. Fox, Jordan Madley, Samantha Gutstadt, and Tony Nappo; with Skye Collyer, Adam Rodness, Sean Tweedley, Michael Gelbart, and Dylan Ramsey.
The Skye and Lochalsh District Council coat of arms, granted by Lord Lyon King of Arms in 1987, featured a wavy blue fess across the centre of the shield for the Kyle of Lochalsh.
Skye at Waterscapes is the tallest building in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, with 26 stories.
Skye Deva Bennett (born 2 May 1995) is an English American teen actress, best known for her role as Sarah in the 2008 film Dark Floors, as well as for her role as Martha in The Pillars of the Earth.
In accord with Skye's nomadic journey through the ABC soaps and ultimate independence, Robin Christopher has often been referred to by fans as the 'Greta Garbo of soap opera', evoking in her performance the glamour and emotional depth of Classical Hollywood cinema.
Between the stress of this revelation and Hillary's focus on law school, Tad was easily wooed by the attention of lounge singer Skye Patterson (who would soon be revealed as Skye Chandler, Adam Chandler's estranged daughter).
Season three ended with a cliffhanger that was never explained, with Shakeim leaving to start Morehouse College early and Skye played by Shyheim, another member of Michael's band, confessing his feelings for Zaria.
MacLeod also stated that matters were further complicated by the fact that Donald, who succeeded to the Lordshop of the Isles in 1380, claimed that Skye had been given to him in terms of his marriage to a daughter of the Earl of Ross; and in consequence he claimed that William Cleireach was his own vassal on both Harris and Skye.