Post Skye

We returned from Skye a couple of days ago. The only thing I can say is that it's been a really good experience. Beautiful landscapes, really interesting activities and informal lectures/discussions in a glass dome in the garden of the hostel. We've seen a salmon farm, which really impressed us; we didn't expect it to be so high-tech. Went and filmed and recorded sound on the beaches near by the hostel, during the day and during the night. We also went walking in the Cuilling Mountains, by the fairy pools where it is possible to go swimming. None of us did though. We were too preocupied with filming and recording sound. We had Nick's underwater HD camera which was very exciting to use..the footage looks very good. On the last day we went to the south of the island, at the university there. A group of music students who study traditional galic music performed especially for us, so we recorded and filmed them singing. It was quite moving. None of us could understand the language but it sounded so good that it didn't matter. As a result of all the filming and recording we've done on this trip we will have to produce three pieces: 1. Film with no sound 2. Just sound 3. Film and sound, but they have to have been recorded at different times. I have a couple of ideas thinking back at the footage I took, but I'm sure I'll have more ideas when I watch it all again. It will be hard to choose as we filmed and recorded so much in the 6 days we were away.