A trip through Skye

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At the end of August I'm planning on doing a trip through Skye, my itinerary so far is as follows:
Sleeper to Fort William arr. 0955
The Jacobite to Mallaig: 1015 - 1226
Calmac Ferry to Armadale: 1355 - 1425 (there's also one leaving at 1220, which is not useful!)
Bus (Number 51)/Taxi to Kyle of Localsh: 1430 - 1512
Scotrail to Inverness: 1714 - 1953

Have a few questions about this.
There's a 5 minute turnaround for the Bus at Armadale, would this be worth not rushing for and getting a taxi instead? How much roughly would this cost?

Can you walk the Skye Bridge/is it worth it? I've got a long while to burn before the train to Inverness so I might look into spending some time in a town on Skye or something (any ideas?).

Thanks

 

[Liam]

Have a few questions about this.
There's a 5 minute turnaround for the Bus at Armadale, would this be worth not rushing for and getting a taxi instead? How much roughly would this cost?

Can you walk the Skye Bridge/is it worth it? I've got a long while to burn before the train to Inverness so I might look into spending some time in a town on Skye or something (any ideas?).

Thanks

Stagecoach on Arran normally wait for the ferries arriving at Brodick and Lochranza, unless the ferry is severly delayed. I imagine the same on Skye.

Yes you can walk across the Skye Bridge, there are a few paths and guided tours from Kyleakin on Eilean Ban (the island in the middle of the two bridges), a nature reserve. Kyleakin and Kyle are nice wee villages, a lot has changed from when they were little more than marshalling areas for the ferries but still not a great deal to do in either village, stunning locations though.

 

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Stagecoach on Arran normally wait for the ferries arriving at Brodick and Lochranza, unless the ferry is severly delayed. I imagine the same on Skye.

Yes you can walk across the Skye Bridge, there are a few paths and guided tours from Kyleakin on Eilean Ban (the island in the middle of the two bridges), a nature reserve. Kyleakin and Kyle are nice wee villages, a lot has changed from when they were little more than marshalling areas for the ferries but still not a great deal to do in either village, stunning locations though.

ok awesome, thanks. Glad to hear it