Leon Turnbull Photography

It was a very easy hike up to the Falls of Rha in Uig. It is about as easy and short of a hike as you can possibly do. Along the way I encountered dogs barking at me, and a mama and baby cow. And at the end of the hike? A very pretty two tiered waterfall. Pure, raw beauty.

After this I went to Fairy Glen. Fairy Glen is the most unique and interesting place I visited in Scotland, and much unlike anything I have seen in California. This is what I pictured Scotland to be like in my head, but I only found it here at Fairy Glen. The area consists of these fascinating little rolling green hills all over the landscape, big green mounds with steep slopes. The highlight is one hill with a castle like looking rock on top of it. You can climb to the top of this rock by squeezing through a very narrow spot. I had to take off my pack to get through it. I was in such a tight spot, I needed help from another lady to get it off my back. Eek! On top, the views of the surrounding country side are stunning. You feel like you are on top of Scotland.

Fairy Glen is a very busy place. I hiked the mile and a bit from my lodge to the trailhead along the road. I am so glad I did this because the road is crazy narrow (single lane!) and very busy. It was a big mess of cars trying to get past each other on the narrow turnouts. Well, I took photos and video of Fairy Glen, but I did not realize my iPhone storage was full. It did not tell me! When I got back to the hotel I realized I had no photos or video. I decided to go back to Fairy Glen in the evening after clearing up space on my phone. This time I drove to the trailhead. Since it was later (almost sunset), there were not as many people and there was no traffic on that crazy road. I did the short hike again and took more video. It was far more enjoyable as well, with much less people on the trail. This time, the video saved, and when I got back to the hotel I transferred the video from my phone to the storage device that I bought for this trip. However … the stupid thing corrupted my video! I was so mad about this! I did not lose all my video, but it seems I did lose some video of Fairy Glen, and also some from Steall Falls and Falls of Rha. I have not gone through it all yet, but definitely some was corrupted. For the rest of the vacation, I had another backup plan to save video from my iPhone. I’m just glad I realized this early on. How on earth can something like that corrupt your files? Unbelievable.