FAIRY POOLS Isle of Skye

FOLLOW a well-trodden island trail along the course of the River Brittle to a series of pools straight out of a Celtic fairy tale.

In the shadow of the mighty Cuillin Hills, the knife-edge mountains that cut across the heart of Skye, this chain of china-blue pools was gouged out over the course of millennia by the clattering Brittle river.

Accessed via a trail that winds down through quintessential Skye scenery into a picturesque glen, the river fractures into a string of mini-waterfalls, creating plunge pools where the brave can take a chilly dip.