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If there are children in your party, keep them under close supervision and control at all times.

Crossing the river at Camasunary (Walk 3.21)

With only a small but growing number of exceptions, paths are not waymarked or signposted. Many of the mountain paths, however, are cairned. In a constantly developing environment like Skye, changes often occur to routes, especially through forests, or on coastal walks (as a result of landslip, for example). Be aware, however, that there is increasing investment in land management on Skye, and this is producing new fences and gates that may affect the route description. The author would welcome notification of any changes, or difficulties encountered, via the publisher.

Glen Brittle Bay (Walk 3.18)

Following publication of this book, readers should periodically consult the Cicerone website (www.cicerone.co.uk) to see whether any amendments have been recorded.

Language

It is one of the continuing delights of Skye that you can still hear people speaking their native tongue, Gaelic (pronounced with a hard ‘a’, not ‘ay’), and schools on the Island are giving bilingual classes in an endeavour to preserve the language.