Though his voice was casual, Skye caught a flicker of trouble in his eyes, and she could hear his doubt. |
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You'll find eagles on the beautiful Isle of Skye and ospreys at Loch Garten, nesting red-throated divers in Islay, and corncrakes in Lewis. |
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He has also climbed the Cullin mountain range on the Isle of Skye and has competed as the co-driver for a rally team for 15 years. |
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In Atkinson's book Bobby is a Skye terrier, but Figg said there are no contemporary references to the breed. |
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I thought he was a mongrel, so I put that in a book and I got furious letters from people saying he was a Skye terrier. |
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Right now Lewis is connected to the national grid by a one-way powerline that enters the water at Ardmore bay on Skye. |
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The evacuation of the people of Kyle and of Kyleakin on Skye on the other side of the narrow neck of Loch Alsh began at once. |
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Kingussie now meet the winners of the Lochcarron versus Skye tie which was one of the day's casualties. |
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Our late-October visit to Skye meant we saw magnificent flashes of gold, red and burgundy everywhere we looked. |
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Much of the known early history of the cairn terrier, like that of the Skye terrier, centers on the island of Skye. |
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A local tradition in Skye tells that the Islesmen held a council at which they decided to offer Somerled the chiefship. |
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They moved to Skye with their children, fully intending to occupy a croft and work the land. |
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Skye opened her mouth to retaliate, but, seeing April's look, swallowed the insult. |
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Leeza's large pink eyes widened in total fear as she looked to the person who posed as Skye. |
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The first was shorter, rat-faced kid in ragamuffin attire who Skye only knew by sight. |
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The local bus from Kyle of Lochalsh whizzes its way, as it does every day, through the wilds of Skye towards Portree. |
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Flora was the young Highland woman who saved the prince by dressing him as her Irish maid and taking him across the sea to Skye. |
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He and many others landed jobs on in-shore mackerel boats, fishing tamer waters around the Isle of Skye and Plymouth. |
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The installation of an industrial tumble dryer means no more trips to the launderette on Skye, an hour away. |
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Skye was just about to throw a rock or some boulder in after him when he finally resurfaced. |
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Diamonds, chokers, necklaces, bracelets, and a silver diadem were added to the pendant that Skye had put on in Derick's attic. |
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Driven to distraction by London, and missing Skye, he's even started to fantasise about the drab flatlands of Essex. |
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Skye is undeniably spectacular, but the island is now connected to the mainland by a bridge. |
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Steven Birch and a small team of archaeologists are excavating a remarkable cave on the Isle of Skye. |
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The garrons of the Western Islands and Skye, like the Manx breed, were fed and reared, summer and winter, in the open air. |
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He explains that his wife's grandfather was a Gaelic precentor who led the singing of the psalms in Skye. |
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With finality Skye stopped walking, the measured beat of her steps coming to an abrupt end. |
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The door slowly opened and Skye found herself face to face with a behemoth of a creature. |
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Sheltered seating and an arena for skateboarders and BMX bikers will be built on a field in the Skye Edge and Wybourn area. |
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This zone forms a narrow band that trends from Loch Eriboll south to the Isle of Skye, and is bounded on the east by the Moine thrust fault. |
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Skye got very annoyed very quickly, and shoveled her food in her mouth as fast as she could with her fork. |
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Ghosts, goblins, fairies, sprites seem to be two a penny in Skye. |
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We are warned about the dreaded black biting flies, but having spent many a camping holiday in Skye and Ardnamurchan, where midges rule supreme, I reckon I can cope. |
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Skye shrugged as she adjusted the shoulder straps of her green two-piece. |
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Ord House, dating from 1763, lies on the shores of Loch Eishort on Skye and offers dramatic uninterrupted panoramas of the famous black mountains. |
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Nuclear submarine HMS Trafalgar grounded off the Isle of Skye in November last year, damaging equipment on the hull but leaving her pressure hull and reactor system unharmed. |
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And Skye chef Shirley Spear, in her book The Three Chimneys, offers a recipe for cranachan and lemon syllabub that includes a good slug of whisky. |
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His writings were many and ranged over such subjects as diverse as slaty cleavage, metamorphic rocks, plutons, and Pleistocene glaciation in the Isle of Skye. |
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Underneath her skirt, a small dog, a Skye terrier, was seen. |
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The Skye terrier, who followed his master's remains as they were taken to be buried at Greyfriars, watched over the grave for 14 years until his death. |
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Ally MacDonald's own goal in nine minutes then set Skye up for what might have been a real hiding, especially when Alan MacLeod was sent off in 35 minutes. |
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In March 2007, the Free Church filed suit to reclaim the church manse at Broadford, Isle of Skye. |
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Donnie Munro joined the following year and they started to expand outside their native Isle of Skye. |
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English gypsy Pat Skye Lee, twenty, is breaking centuries of tradition by marrying a nongypsy. |
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It is located on the Lochalsh peninsula, at the entrance to Loch Alsh, opposite the village of Kyleakin on the Isle of Skye. |
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In 1263, King Haakon IV of Norway, in retaliation for a Scots expedition to Skye, arrived on the west coast with a fleet from Norway and Orkney. |
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A Traffic Separation Scheme operates in the Little Minch, with northbound traffic proceeding close to Skye, and southbound close to Harris. |
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Trackways have also confirmed parental behavior among ornithopods from the Isle of Skye in northwestern Scotland. |
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The guides cover Wales, Peak District, Scotland, Isle of Skye and the Lake District. |
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Dalrymple began volunteering with the CARE group after the death two years ago of her beloved Alaskan malamute, Red Skye in the Morning. |
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There's some decent money on offer at Kelso and Joe Blake can claim the spoils in the Isle Of Skye 8-Y-OScotchWhisky Handicap Chase. |
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But she has admitted to being startled when she bumped into a skinny-dipper tourist in one of the most remote parts of Skye. |
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You may never make Timbuctu, but it will make a weekend on Skye feel like you really are living the dream. |
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They are the last two toll bridges after charges were scrapped on the Skye and Erskine bridges. |
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For breakfast we had Skye berries, local yog hurt with Scottish honey, porridge and cheeses including local delicacy Crowdie. |
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She said a curious thing about Skye, though, which was remarkably similar to evictee David said about the young housemate. |
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Tunes include the Skye Boat Song, Three Craws Sat Upon a Wa' and works by Tchaikovsky, Mozart and Debussy. |
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What is known as Scottish Gaelic is essentially the Gaelic spoken in the Outer Hebrides and on Skye. |
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It famously notes Columba's need for a translator when conversing with an individual on Skye. |
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During this time he met Flora Macdonald, who famously aided him in a narrow escape to Skye. |
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Violence erupted, starting on the Isle of Skye, when Highland landlords cleared their lands for sheep and deer parks. |
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The Jurassic beds found in isolated locations on Skye and Applecross reflect the complex underlying geology. |
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The jagged Cuillin, on the Isle of Skye, represents a major mountain range that is not located on the Scottish mainland. |
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Mull, Skye and Arran are noted for their mountainous terrain, whilst Tiree, Coll and most of the Shetland group are flat or low lying. |
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Conversely, islands such as Tiree, Skye and Eigg experienced increases in their respective populations over the same decade. |
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Some, such as Skye and Mull are mountainous, while others like Tiree and Sanday are relatively low lying. |
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The Inner Hebrides lie closer to mainland Scotland and include Islay, Jura, Skye, Mull, Raasay, Staffa and the Small Isles. |
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An Drochaid, an hourlong documentary in Scottish Gaelic, was made for BBC Alba documenting the battle to remove tolls from the Skye bridge. |
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A small dog owned by the queen, a Skye Terrier, is said to have been hiding among her skirts, unseen by the spectators. |
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The Western and Skye Presbytery consists of the Western parts of Scotland including Skye, but also the congregation in Odessa, in the Ukraine. |
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Skye has provided the locations for various novels and feature films and is celebrated in poetry and song. |
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The highest point of these hills is Glamaig, one of only two Corbetts on Skye. |
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The islands of Raasay, Rona, Scalpay and Pabay all lie to the north and east between Skye and the mainland. |
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Kyleakin is linked to Kyle of Lochalsh on the mainland by the Skye Bridge, which spans the narrows of Loch Alsh. |
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Three Pictish symbol stones have been found on Skye and a fourth on Raasay. |
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However, apart from placenames, little remains of their presence on Skye in the written or archaeological record. |
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Although she was born on South Uist her story is strongly associated with their escape via Skye and she is buried at Kilmuir in Trotternish. |
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After this rebellion the clan system was broken up and Skye became a series of landed estates. |
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During the 19th century, the inhabitants of Skye were also devastated by famine and Clearances. |
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Disturbances continued until the passing of the 1886 Crofters' Act and on one occasion 400 marines were deployed on Skye to maintain order. |
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By 1971, only Kilmuir parish had more than three quarters Gaelic speakers while the rest of Skye ranged between 50 and 74 per cent. |
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In the 2001 census Kilmuir had just under half Gaelic speakers, and overall, Skye had 31 per cent, distributed unevenly. |
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In addition, Skye forms part of the wider Ross, Skye and Lochaber constituency, which elects one member to the House of Commons in Westminster. |
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Skye is linked to the mainland by the Skye Bridge, while ferries sail from Armadale on the island to Mallaig, and from Kylerhea to Glenelg. |
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The A87 trunk road traverses the island from the Skye Bridge to Uig, linking most of the major settlements. |
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Skye has a strong folk music tradition, although in recent years dance and rock music have been growing in popularity on the island. |
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Gaelic folk rock band Runrig started in Skye and former singer Donnie Munro still works on the island. |
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Jethro Tull singer Ian Anderson owned an estate at Strathaird on Skye at one time. |
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The poet Sorley MacLean, a native of the Isle of Raasay, which lies off the island's east coast, lived much of his life on Skye. |
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John Buchan's descriptions of Skye, as featured in his Richard Hannay novel Mr Standfast, are more true to life. |
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The Free Press was founded in 1972 and circulates in Skye, Wester Ross and the Outer Hebrides. |
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The Hebrides generally lack the biodiversity of mainland Britain, but like most of the larger islands, Skye still has a wide variety of species. |
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It was the last Scottish clan battle fought on Skye, in which the Clan MacDonald of Sleat defeated the Clan MacLeod after a bitter feud. |
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Views of the Cuillin Mountains on the A863 towards Sligachan on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. |
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There are scheduled flights from Broadford Airfield Skye, Colonsay Airport, Islay Airport near Port Ellen and Tiree Airport. |
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This migration, primarily from the Isle of Skye, was organized by the Earl of Selkirk. |
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In 1293, king John Balliol established the Sheriffdom of Skye, which included the Outer Hebrides. |
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First she heads to the Isle of Skye, on the Inner Hebrides, which has a violent geological past, with an alien landscape formed from sheets of black lava. |
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This week, Richard Massey, left, head chef at Ullinish Lodge, Isle of Skye, shows you how to make Traditional Cranachan Souffle with Raspberry Sorbet. |
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Mix the new Skye check cushions in terracotta and dark lavender on a purple sofa such as bestseller the Isadora and cuddle up with a purple blanket or throw. |
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After writing steadily and without sleep since Friday, he went to bed Sunday night with Skye next to him, propped up on a bodypillow, reading April in June. |
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Hundreds of the dinosaurs' tracks were discovered, the Artist's impression of sauropod dinosaurs on the Isle of Skye largest measuring more than two feet across. |
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There are very few bridges on the footpaths in Skye and even short periods of heavy rain can cause rivers to rise rapidly, often making them uncrossable. |
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Former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy's seat of Ross, Skye and Lochaber was to be divided between three other seats covering the Highlands, and Argyll and Bute. |
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There is also a service to and form the Outer Hebrides from Tarbert, Harris and Lochmaddy on North Uist to Uig, Skye and from Castlebay, Barra to Tiree. |
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There are numerous Iron Age sites including the remains of Dun Ringill fort on Skye, which are similar in layout to that of both a broch and a complex Atlantic roundhouse. |
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Crofting is still important, but although there are about 2,000 crofts on Skye only 100 or so are large enough to enable a crofter to earn a livelihood entirely from the land. |
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There are about a dozen large landowners on Skye, the largest being the public sector, with the Scottish Government owning most of the northern part of the island. |
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Other areas on Skye ranged between 48 per cent and 25 per cent. |
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Skye has a rich heritage of ancient monuments from this period. |
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Samuel Johnson and James Boswell's visit to Skye in 1773 and their meeting with Flora MacDonald in Kilmuir is recorded in Boswell's The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. |
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Skye has been used as a location for a number of feature films. |
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It is interspersed with igneous intrusions of a more recent age, remnants of which formed mountain massifs such as the Cairngorms and Skye Cuillins. |
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