Christmas Shopping On Waternish
November 2nd 2023
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING IN WATERNISH, ISLE OF SKYE: Why not do your festive shopping in Waternish – from the comfort of your chair. What would be on your Christmas List? Here’s…
Welcome to Skíō Pottery
June 14th 2023
Visit Waternish would like to welcome Skíō Pottery to its membership and indeed to Waternish itself. It is great news that once again there is a pottery on Waternish. Please…
Springtime in Waternish
March 8th 2022
It only takes a few sunny days to forget the long winter months and feel the joys of spring. The days are getting longer, wild flowers add splashes of colour…
We’re Good to Go Scheme
February 4th 2021
Last year all the governments of the United Kingdom, in the form of their respective tourism bodies, such as Visit Scotland, collaborated together and developed the We’re Good to Go…
Waternish Tea Towels
May 7th 2020
We have produced a high quality Waternish tea towel which is for sale at a RRP (Recommended Retail Price) of £7.00. It is available in purple (for the heather on…
Wild Waternish in Bloom – March to April
February 18th 2020
After the very poor early months of 2020 we are looking forward to the early spring when the wild blooms are begin to show themselves on the banks around Waternish.…
Congratulations Again Loch Bay Restaurant
October 20th 2019
Well the autumn certainly has been a really busy time for attending award ceremonies, and succeeding, for Loch Bay Restaurant First of all Laurence and Michael Smith travelled to the…
Beach Clean on Isay
October 19th 2019
Gordon and Aileen MacKay of Divers Eye Boat Trips organised, on behalf of Surfers Against Sewage, a beach clean of Isay Island. A post for volunteers was put on Facebook…
Springtime and the Sea 1
April 16th 2019
For those of us who earn a living from the sea, the seasonal changes can be every bit as marked and varied as the seasons ashore, and can be one…
Welcome to the Cuckoo Tree Studio
September 9th 2017
Cuckoo Tree Studio is where Denise Huddleston makes her distinctive art. Crisp, contemporary graphic images from an artist and designer with a lifelong passion for wild places, wildlife and waterscapes.…
Charity Barbecue
September 5th 2017
Last night there was a charity barbecue at Waternish Hall with Michael Smith of Lochbay Restaurant in charge of the cooking. & what a success. See below for the posting…
Waternish – Place of the Healing Waters
February 12th 2017
…I will wait for the birch wood until it comes up by the cairn….”(1) Sorley MacLean. From the Druids, to the Vikings, to Johnson and Boswell – travellers continue to…
Lochbay Restaurant
September 16th 2016
Congratulations to our new member Michael Smith and his wife Laurence, who in just a few months of business at Lochbay Restaurant were featured in The Times Weekend in an article about…
Award for Isle of Skye Sea Salt
July 5th 2015
Quote from Chris watts of isle of Skye Sea Salt: ” We were really delighted to receive a Scotland Food and Drink Excellence Award for our sea salt in May…
Synchronicity – further thoughts from Diane Hoff-Rome
April 1st 2015
What is synchronicity? Synchronicity’ is a concept developed by Swiss psychologist Carl Jung to describe ‘a perceived meaningful coincidence.’ Do you believe in synchronicity? I do. Especially after receiving an…
Comparing winters in Waternish to Oregan
December 12th 2014
Thoughts from Diane Hoff-Rome (Picture 1 is of the view from of Isay, Mingay and Clett) (Picture 2 is of Diane’s garden in Oregan in the…
Visit of HRH The Pricess Royal to Skyeskyns
July 31st 2014
HRH The Princess Royal was offered a guided tour of the tannery and showroom by Jess Hartwell, whose family own and run the business, before being given the chance to…
HRH The Princess Royal visits Waternish
July 24th 2014
A wonderful hot and sunny day here on Waternish today for the visit of HRH The Princess Royal to Skyeskyns. Princess Anne was given a tour of the tannery and…
Waternish world-best sunsets!
September 8th 2013
Travel magazine named Broad Reach in Waternish, Skye, as the tops for a “sunset-view stay”. Second in the six places named by Travel was Sri Panua in Phuket followed by…
Aurora Borealis – Northern Lights
December 2nd 2010
These copyright pictures were taken by Ray Reeder in 2003 from Waternish on Skye. We are currently (2010) moving towards the sloar maximum (2011-2013) which is when you are most…