Many (nearly 800, in fact) are the islands lying majestically off Scotland's west coast. But An t-Eilean Sgitheanach (aka the Isle of Skye, from the Old Norse Skíð) in theInner Hebrides is singular among them - a bastion of Gaelic tradition and language as well as some remarkable scenery, both natural and manmade. For this reason it is, to many Scots, a "spiritual place," a land of both poets and warriors. With a wet but mild climate and a a population of some 10,000, Skye is especially... keep reading