Adventure in Skye Digital Magazine
XIAOYI CHEN
PHOTOGRAPHY JOURNALISM
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the absence of foot on the road, t he d ist a nt a nd u n k now n l a nd make people may feel fear. However, I still hit the road. This time, my friends Jacob with me travel to Isle of Skye for my photo stor y module assig n ment ‘ person’. T he weat her is st i l l cold i n Ma rch, but colder northern Scotland has attracted us. I have forgotten how to know Isle of Skye at first time, but in my mind, she is a sm a l l isl a nd w it h w i ngs in a legend. Sk ye is where the far remote, sparsely populated, making it fa r from t he world l i ke a fa i r y, desolate, cold, aloof, but incredibly beautiful.
The day of departure, Manchester is a rain day, but the past a few hours on the road, the Scotland grassland under the sun shine have been show in front of me. Jacob and I drive a small second-hand car running on the winding road. The f irst stop is Scotland capital, Edinburgh. I bring his to visit old castle on the top of h i l l, t hen we d r iv i ng to be ach to see harbor, after dinner, we went to Glasgow overnight. The next day we just really set food on the road goes to Skye. The scenery is so fantastic along the way, without stop snowmountains and peaceful lakes.
W hen
we were a r r ive d Sk ye a l re ady e ve n i n g , t he w e at he r w a s ve r y c old, where spa rsely popu lated a nd ver y remote. Therefore, unlucky that we lost way, a nd a n old ca r t y re has broken, so we were so upset. At this time, the house next to our car appear an old lady , she is very enthusiastic, and listened to our situation, she decided to take us to the hotel, and let the car park here, she will help us take care of it. In that time, Jacob also hesitated, she said, ‘you need trust people.’ Therefore, she is so kind, and takes us to the hotel, and takes us to the hotel. When we said goodbye, I encourage myself to ask she do interview, absolutely, she is very happy to do it.
B ecause
of that, the next day when we finished repairing the tyre, we went to visit her. Her house was not very conspicuous when you took the first look at it, but was decorated with many glassworks which were greatly. She played host to us warmly and had us look around her house. According to her, she had been living in this house for five years, and it is a lovely house with a long history and left by his uncle. he made us a pot of coffee, and then told many about the history of the things in her house.
S he
is keen on collecting glassworks and there are many her collection on her windowsills, also, there is a huge box of button and colorful coffee pots of the 40s and 50s last century. Very little thing in her lovely house could give you endless s u r p r i s e . S h e l o v e s c o l o r, a n d p a i n t e d different color to each room. She was also very pleased to come up with some fashion magazines and the book of interior design let me see.
T hen
we continuing talking, in which she talked about her father was a doctor, who for many years doing volunteer in Africa, she pointed to the bench in front of me, and said, that is brought back from Africa, many years ago. At this time, I suddenly found above the typical African sculpture, highly skilled, let me very surprise. During the conversation, we found a consensus in many aspects, so after a few hours, we’re having fun. To bid farewell, I asked if she would travel to other places, she said with expression of pride,’ I’m so lucky, because when I was 20 years old, I has to follow the Australian vessels traveled the world, so I do not need to go out now.’
F urther more,
I taught her to read my Chinese name, she
S he is a proud and lovely old
told me her name is Una. I promise to her that I would have put photographs on my facebook, it is like to be a m e m o r i a l t o h e r, s h e i s v e r y happy for this thing. She also wanted me to come back on s u m m e r, I t h o u g h t , s u c h a beautiful place, I will definitely come back. I cannot forget everything in there, the land and the people.
house on a lonely beach. Let me remember a very old song for Skye, ‘’Skye Boat Song ‘’. It was telling a love story about Bonnie Prince Charlie and scotch lady Flora Macdonald. The sadness infected with this land and people romantic.
lady, guarding the beautiful
Speed bonnie boat，like a bird on the wing， Onward，the sailors cry Carry the lad that’s born to be king Over the sea to Skye Loud the winds howl，loud the waves roar， Thunder clouds rend the air； Baffled our foes stand on the shore Follow they will not dare Though the waves leap，soft shall ye sleep Oceans a royal bed Rocked in the deep，Flora will keep Watch by your weary head