Wednesday 10 January: The south side of Glen Uig is home to the Fairy Glen. It’s in deep shade – and blue with frost reflecting, yet again, a cloudless blue sky on another windless day. To the north side is Glen Conon, which seems to be the name of the settlement of scattered houses beside the road, which climbs from opposite Rankin’s shop by some remarkable zig-zags (the river in Glen Uig is the Conon). Beyond the bends, the very quiet road provides a panoramic view of the glen and, at its head, Beinn Edra, a summit on the Trotternish Ridge. It’s an ‘out-and-back’ walk, most enjoyable on this wonderful January day.

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