Tag: Saucy Mary

Once Upon a Time…

Once again, the Isle of Skye and Kyleakin is featured on my blog. Daily Prompts – Notorious Once upon a time, in the Scottish village of Kyleakin, there lived a Norwegian princess. This Norwegian princess one day decided she would start charging ships a toll to cross the narrow channel that led into the Strait of Kyle Akin. A great…

Shimmering Sunrise over Kyleakin

As the sun rises over the harbor in the Village of Kyleakin on the Isle of Skye you see the ruins of the Castle  Moil,  a ruined fortress built in the late 15th century. Legend states that there were much older fortifications on the site and that it was originally built for a Norwegian princess known as “Saucy Mary” who would…