Best Wild Swims on Skye | Wild Swimming in Scotland
Many people say the Isle of Skye is the most beautiful part of Scotland, and it’s also a wild swimmer’s wet dream! Here's Calum's top spots for Wild Swimming The Allt Daraich, near Sligachan. A beautiful set of river pools, with something for everyone.You can chill out in the calm, clear water, there’s some fun jumps and some mad bastard jumps and all! Try and find where the river has made like a natural bathtub in the rock - it kinda looks like a jacuzzi. More of a cold tub than a hot tub though! If it’s salt you’re after, the only way is Talisker Bay! At sunset, it is amazing! You get this awesome light out to sea, and across the black and grey sand beach it shows up beautifully. Swim out to get a different view of this awesome place and if you’re lucky, you might catch some waves. You are now covered in salt, you are dirty, you need a wash! Come to the mighty waterfall at Lealt. At the bottom of the gorge there’s this awesome pool with some amazing jumping. Last but not least is the famous Fairy Pools, sitting right under the Cuillin. There’s a reason that this place in summer is as busy as Sauchiehall Street on a Saturday. The pools are stunning, they are way over-hyped though and they’re hoora cold all year round! Now you wanna come first light in the day to avoid all the punters getting their Instagram photos. You just don’t know where they’re pointing that zoom lens. Check out the crystal clear water, and if you’re hard enough to handle the cold, the best bit is a dive under an amazing natural arch that takes you from one pool to another.
A short unsuccessful fishing trip in the boat, taken in Ardvasar bay. Isle of Skye.
Northern Lights Isle of Skye.
Aurora over Staffin Bay, Isle of Skye. Always difficult to catch on moving film. The colours seen on this video were exactly as seen by the naked eye unlike most still photographs where the effect is magnified. An amazing show.
Skye: Loch Coruisk, Fairy Pools and Loch Harport
Skye is an outdoor swimmer's delight. Inland lochs, sea lochs and waterfalls feature in these splashy highlights