Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

Skye Loop The largest of the Inner Hebrides

Aside from the fact that part of the fun in travelling to the Isle of Skye is delivered with the roads that take you there, there’s also some amazing riding to be had amongst the stunning scenery of the largest of the Inner Hebrides. Leaving the island’s capital of Portree and heading northwards on the A855, it’s a nadgery little road as it climbs out of town, becoming a bumpy stretch of single track after the temporarily-closed Portree campsite. The road then smooths out and widens to two lanes – albeit for a rather short time

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