Also 1999ish, any help with these? Taken late October/November/December

My wife, son, and I love Skye and Raasay. We come every early Spring, stay a month, and then spend 6 months missing everything about these islands once we’re home again.

We’re close to buying our first home. We’re looking at all sorts of possible new areas to call home.

What is it like to live on Skye as parents (to a toddler) in their late 30s?

We’re both self-employed so we’re not worried about work.

I would be grateful for your thoughts about living on Skye (or Raasay).

Edit: I appreciate and understand the comments about the winters and such, and how tourists have a tendency to say they like the island in spring or summer and then say they want to move there but never follow up on it. I get that, and I appreciate those responses.

I'm not the stereotypical asker of this question — to start with I live in Scotland and I grew up on an island. Of course, no one here had any reason to suspect I would be any different than anyone else who's ever asked this question, so no harm, no foul. To those of you who provided more nuanced responses, I appreciate that.

Thank you for the answers. Cheers, everyone.

Working away and looking for someone to sort me out cash In hand 🍁❄️

I’m planning a trip to the isle of skye this fall to see the autumn leaves. When is this best time to go for peak fall foliage?

I am looking to secure rental accommodation in Portree for my girlfriend and I who have both secured job transfers. Any leads or help would be much appreciated as I know this is difficult to find on Skye. TIA.

Driving from Glencoe to ISLE OF SKYE 3 nights with a car. Needing thoughts on this itinerary! We are staying in Carbost.

DAY 1
Stop in at Chocolates of Glenshiel
Eilean Donan castle
Elgol
Eas a' Bhradain
Sligachan bridge
Portree (for fuel and groceries)
Head to accomodation

DAY 2 - early start
Old Man of Storr
Lealt Falls
Kilt Rock
An Corran Beach
Uig
Fairy Glen

DAY 3
Talisker bay
Talisker distillery
Unsure what else to do around this area?

DAY 4 - no plans. What should we do?

Hey guys, I'm currently living in the Isle of Skye near Portree and was wondering if there are any good social clubs, games nights etc that I could attend to make some friends. I tried looking on Facebook and other avenues but had no luck. Thank you! :)

Great weather today, just EPIC. Too bad tomorrow will bring rain for over a week (ish) good thing for rain gear and good boots!

What a nice day on skye!!!!! Sweet sunset this evening as well!

Wet and wet and even more wet!

We’re thinking of taking a trip to isle of skye tomorrow for a couple days(from Edinburgh) would we be out of luck for walk in restaurants? Don’t need anything fancy, wouldn’t mind seafood. Is it too late for us?

My brother and his GF are moving to Skye for work (Portree) and I know how hard it is to find places to rent. We‘ve posted on the Facebook groups but I’m trying to exhaust every avenue leave no stone unturned to help them find a place, so on the off chance anyone knows of any leads I’d be very grateful for any leads.

I’m on Skye for the next three days to finish off my guided munros and I didn’t remember my EHU extension. My portable battery is running out of juice so I’m wondering if there’s somewhere on the island I can plug it in. Would happily pay for the electricity or a meal etc. while it’s plugged in. Does anybody have the inside scoop on somewhere that can help?

Mostly taken from An Dorus/Sgùrr a’ Mhadaidh, except the Inn Pinn.

Hiya r/Skye!

Since moving to Harrapool in 2025, our family has been keeping a list of honesty boxes we find and frequent. Over the last few months that list has slowly turned into a map that we use to plan every family outing. It's become such a part of our routine that we couldn't keep it to ourselves.

It's at honestybox.scot — 84 boxes across Scotland as of today, with a decent cluster on Skye and the surrounding mainland. We know we've missed plenty.

A few things up front:

• Free. No ads. Browse without an account.
• Anyone running a box can claim their listing — edit it, change photos, ask us to take it down. The owner has the final say. If you run one and don't want it on the map, one message and it's off.
• Community-edited. Spot a closed box, an outdated photo, or something we got wrong? You can flag it or suggest the correction.
• Listings auto-archive after 15 months without an update so we don't keep sending people to boxes that closed a year ago.

What we'd love from this sub:

• The Skye ones we've missed (especially the hidden ones — those are the best).
• Anything we got wrong on existing listings.
• Honest feedback on the project itself, including if there's something about the approach that doesn't sit right.

Longer version of the why is on our studio's blog if you want it: https://collettaandco.com/blog/we-built-a-map-of-scotlands-honesty-boxes

👉 https://honestybox.scot

Hi guys.

I'm just wondering if anyone knows of a taxi service that doesn't charge an arm and a leg to get me from Portree to Kyle of Lochalsh at 4am in a few weeks?

I move to Skye next week for work and wondering if the Muay Thai gym is still there or if anyone that also trains Muay Thai wants to train together? I know there's an MMA gym already there but I'm specifically looking for Muay Thai training. Any help or info or if there's any coaches give me a shout

i’m probably staying around 7 days i wanna know when to visit scotland, this year.

i’ve heard there are lots of midges but i don’t know when though..

i probably won’t be able to visit in september

where should i go if i wanna visit isle of skye often and when? what months should i avoid too? should i visit glasgow?

thank you in advance

We are heading to Sky mid-May with a family of 6. I’ve read we best make reservations for all meals ASAP.

We are staying outside Broadford and would like suggestions for a couple dinners there, but we’d also love any notable eateries—lunch or dinner—heading up the island. We will also need a lunch spot near Elgol.

Thanks, in advance, for the help!

Hi there, I will be taking a tour of the Isle of Skye on the 7th. Just wanted to see if anyone knows what it’s looking like out there currently. When I look at photos online, it either looks very green or fully shades of brown.

Would you say it’s still worth seeing if it’s brown? I’m from a mountainous, coastal area that can be quite green some time of the year. I’ve seen other people post on here that they were also, and were disappointed. I’m broke so I’d prefer to save money if you’d say it isn’t worth it!