It was sunny when we got to Skye on Saturday so I changed plans and went to Neist. The sun was coming and going so climbing was cold and therefore hard work with the strong easterly.

Sunday (yesterday) we went back to Neist, it was overcast but there was still a strong cold wind so we gave up before we started.

Driving past Dunvegan the sun came out so we went to look for crags and soon found a short sunny one. It had two generously bolted lines so we went back to the car for the gear and the sun disappeared!

The only bolt I’ve clipped on Skye was a relic from the fifties on Sgurr Sgumain. I clipped another yesterday but didn’t clip a third as my fingers were so cold. The climbing looked good but some of the holds were polished, perhaps from over enthusiastic brushing?

Photo above is Neist on Saturday.

Photo below has ten bolts, taken on Sunday.