From The Best of Skye, a Hidden Scotland guide

Edge of the Elements: Staying at Black h and Wood h

Two houses on Skye’s west coast, built to frame the sea.

Words by Hidden Scotland

Printed in The Best of Skye, a Hidden Scotland guidebook.

On the west coast of Skye, Black h and Wood h are two places to stay, one for couples and one for groups, each built around the light and the view of the sea.

Skye’s western edge feels wilder and less shaped. Around Harlosh, the land folds quietly into the sea, scattered with low houses, distant islets, and broad, shifting skies. It’s a place where you begin to notice things: the hush of wind across the loch, the angle of late sun on stone, the sudden, everyday presence of birds, clouds, waves. This is where Jason and Sarah Bold chose to build Black h and Wood h, two distinct but connected retreats made to open guests up to this part of Skye.

Both houses are built for shelter and for the view. Wood h looks out over the sea to the Outer Hebrides. From inside Black h, you can experience sunrise and sunset. Depending on where you stand, you might be looking to the Cuillin mountains or Macleod’s Tables. “And Loch Bracadale wraps around us, offering views of Tarner and Wiay Islands,” says Jason Bold, who runs the Harlosh hideaways with his wife Sarah.